English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Cheltenham Hundred

Hundred in the County of Gloucestershire

Historical Forms

  • Cilte(n)ham, Cliteham hvnd' 1086 DB
  • Chiltehamhundredum 1178,1185 P
  • hundredum de Chilteham 1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1226 Pat 1274 RH
  • hundredum de Chiltham 1221 Ass 1226–8 Fees 1248 Ass
  • hundredum de Chiltaham Hy3 Misc
  • hundredum de Chiltenham, hundredum de Chyltenham 1290 Pat 1303,1316 FA
  • hundredum de Cheltenham 1327 SR 1542 LP 1568 Comm
  • hundredum de Chelteham 1328 Banco
  • hundredum de Cheltenam Hy6 AddRoll

Etymology

Named from Cheltenham (101infra ).

Parishes in this Hundred