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Bledisloe Hundred

Hundred in the County of Gloucestershire

Historical Forms

  • Bliteslav hd' 1086 DB
  • Blidesla(u)w(e) hund', hd' de Blidesla(u)w(e), Blydesla(u)w(e) hund', hd' de Blydesla(u)w(e) 1086 DB 1221 Ass 1226–8 Fees 1276 RH
  • Blydeslouwe 1303 Ipm
  • Blydeslowe 1304 Pat 1316 FA 1403 Pat
  • Bliðeslawahdr' 1169 P
  • Blitheslawe, hund' de Blytheslawe 1220 Fees 1248 Ass 1276 RH
  • Blidtheslaw, Blithelaw 1221 Ass
  • Bliselawe 1248 Ass
  • Bliddeslawe 1287 Ass
  • Bliddeslowe 1303 FA 1327 SR 1445 BledCt
  • Blyddelowe 1436 Asht
  • Bledeslowe, Bledislowe 1481 Pat 1535 VE
  • Bleddeslowe 1542 LP

Etymology

Named from Bledisloe in Awre (251infra ).

Parishes in this Hundred