Berkeley Hundred (Upper Division)
Hundred in the County of Gloucestershire
Historical Forms
- Berkeley et totam Berkelaiernesse 1287 QW
- membra omnia pertinent ad Berchelai 1086 DB
- Berch(e)laihdr', Berch(e)layhdr' 1169–1193 P
- hundred' de Berkelai, hundred' de Berkel', hundred' de Berkele, hundred' de Berkeley(e) 1195 P 1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1232 Cl 1248 Ass 1604–7 Berk
- hundred(e) of Bark(e)ley 1468 Ipm 1512 Ch Eliz Surv
- Beorclea hyrnesse 1087 ASC 1121
- Berchelai hernesse, Berchalei hernesse, Bercheley(e) hernesse c.1150 Monast 1154 Berk Hy2 Ch 1268 Pat 1268 1426
- Berkelai hernes(se), Berkeley(e) hernes(se), Berkele hernes(se) 1153 Berk 1189(1330),1200 Ch 1220–43 Berk 1280 Ch 1303 FA 1574 FF
- Berkeleaiernesse 1287 QW
- Berkleyhernes(s) 1479 BrKal 1610 FF
- Berkeleishurnes, Berkeleyeshurnes 1276–86 Berk 1346 FA
- Berkleys hernes c.1480 BrKal
- Berclehirnesse 1287 QW
- Berkeley Herons 1542 LP
- Bark(e)ley herons 1543 Berk 1549 Pat
- Bark(e)ley Heron' 1548 FF
- Bark(e)ley Horne 1596 FF
Etymology
Named from Berkeley (211infra ), an ancient borough and a place of considerable importance from Anglo-Saxon times, and the seat and castle of the later Earls of Berkeley.