Deerhurst Hundred
Hundred in the County of Gloucestershire
Historical Forms
- Derheste hvnd' 1086 DB
- Derhersthundredo, Derhersthdr' 1169,1175,1180,1189,1190 P
- Hund' de Durhurst 1221 Ass
- Hund' de Derhurst(e) 1221 1236 Theok 1248 Cl 1274,1276 RH 1327 SR
- Hund' de Derhyrst 1248 Ass
- Hund' de Derehurst 1285,1316 FA 1535 VE
- Hund' de Durhurst 1303 FA 1387 Works
Etymology
The hundred is named from Deerhurst (78infra ); it had a priory in pre-Conquest days (VCH ii, 103), which must have been important enough to have secured its scattered possessions in the jurisdiction of a single hundred.