Westbury Hundred
Hundred in the County of Gloucestershire
Historical Forms
- Neweham c.1230 GlR
- Westberie(s) h(vn)d', Wesberie 1086 DB
- Westb'ihdr' 1169 P
- hund' de Westbir', Westbyr' 1220 Fees 1221,1248 Ass
- Westbur' 1265 Misc 1276 RH
- Westbery c.1275 For
- Westbury 1287 Ass 1303 FA 1403 Pat
- Wes(e)bury 1486 DB 1535 VE
Etymology
Named from Westbury on Severn (201infra ). The meeting place may have been at Broadoak (202infra ) where the manorial court was held as late as 1760 (Guise M. 11); it is halfway between Westbury and Newnham on the Roman road alongside the Severn; cf. also the f.n. Malsdon (207infra ).