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Tibblestone Hundred

Hundred in the County of Gloucestershire

Historical Forms

  • Teoboldestan hundred 11 Heming
  • Tedboldestan(e) hd', Tetboldestan(e) hd', Tetboldestanes hd' 1086 DB
  • T(h)ebaldestanhdr' 1169,1170 P
  • Tedbaldeston(hdr') 1189,1190 P 1274 RH 1285,1303 FA
  • Tedbaldestan' 1199 P
  • Tedbaldeston 1287 Ass
  • Tedbalston' 1200 P
  • Tetbeldestane, Tybo(l)destan 1221 Ass
  • Thedboldeston 1247 Fees 1248 Ass
  • Thebaldestan 1276 RH
  • Thebaldeston, Thebaldiston 1287 Ass
  • Theobaldeston(e) 1303 FA 1327 SR
  • Teobaldeston(e) 1306 Ass 1316 FA
  • Tebbelston, Tybalston 1539,1542 LP
  • Tibbolston' 1602 Comm
  • Tibblestone 1777 M

Etymology

The hundred is named from the Tibble Stone (46infra ) at the crossing of the Stow-Tewkesbury and the Cheltenham-Evesham roads.