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Framland Hundred

Hundred in the County of Leicestershire

Historical Forms

  • Franelund 1086 DB c.1130 LeicSurv 1167,1168 P 1193 et freq
  • Franelun 1086 DB c.1130 LeicSurv
  • Franlund 1086 DB 13 Laz 1404
  • Franeslund 1166 P
  • Frenelund 1175 ChancR 1176,1177 P
  • Frenelun 1195,1197 ib
  • Freneslund' 1175,1191 P
  • Framelund' c.1130 LeicSurv 1184 P 1241 BelCartB e.15 Tax c.1291 BelCartA e.14 Fine 1307
  • Frameland(e) 1248 Abbr 1267 Cur 1428 FA
  • Framelond(e) 1209×35 RHug 1241 BelCartA e.14 GarCart 1314 FA 1402,1428
  • Framelound' 1284 Ass c.1291 Tax Edw1 BelCartB e.15
  • Frameslund 1247 Fees
  • Fremelund 1180 P
  • Fremeland 1326 Fine
  • Framlund' 13 Laz 1404
  • Framlond(e) 1381,1382 Cl 1448,1449 Rut 1480 MiD 1509 LP
  • Framland(e) c.1291 Tax 13 GarCart e.14 BelCartA 1457 Ct 1480 MiD
  • wapentac, -tak, -taco, -tacum, -tagio 1086 DB 1227 Fees 1284 Abbr
  • hundred, -i, -um c.1130 LeicSurv 1231 Cl 1247 Fees
  • le Ferdgate 13 AD
  • (de) Valle Beauver 1250 Cl
  • le Vaal 1339 Pat
  • la Vale 1375 Cl
  • the Vale of Beauer 1449 WoCart
  • the Valle of Bever 1516 Wyg
  • the Vale of Bever c.1545 Leland 1613 Polyolbion
  • le Vale de Beluere 1511 Wyg
  • le Vale of Bever 1520 ib
  • ~ in vall 1332 SR
  • ~ in Valle 1416 Nichols
  • ~ in le Vale 1338 Hosp 1449 WoCart 1451 Wyg 1530 1553 Pat
  • ~ in the Vayle 1510 Wyg
  • ~ in the Vale 1556 Rut 1564 Fine 1618 LML 1666 LeicW
  • ~ in le Wall' 1517,1519 Wyg
  • ~ in the Wayll' 1552 AAS
  • ~ super Wald' c.1130 LeicSurv 1316 RTemple
  • ~ super Waldas 1325 MiD
  • ~ de Wauz 1209 Derby
  • ~ super le Wold(e) 1316 FA 1408 Inqaqd 1499 RTemple 1539 Deed
  • ~ super Woldas Edw2 MiD
  • ~ super Wolde 1529 RTemple
  • ~ super le Woldes 1604 SR
  • ~ de le Woldys 1505 RTemple
  • ~ on the Woldys 1552 Rut
  • ~ on the Wolds 1607 LML
  • ~ super le Oldes 1553 Pat
  • ~ vpon Olds 1610 Speed
  • ~ on the Ould 1613 Polyolbion
  • ~ on the Olds 1688,1707 LML

Etymology

v. vápnatak , hundred .

The first el. of Framland is a Scand  pers.n., either Fræna or an unrecorded *Fráni or *Fr ni (v. Anderson 46). Fræna appears in ASC(E) as the name of a Danish jarl killed at the Battle of Ashdown in 871. Another leader called Fræna is recorded for 993 in ASC(E). The second el. is Scand  lundr 'a grove, a small wood'. The name was given to a clump of trees which must have formed a distinctive landmark on higher ground in an area not particularly well wooded. The grove acted as the marker for the moot-site of the men of the wapentake. This small wood appears to have been still present as late as 1276 RH when bosco de Framelund is recorded. It lay close to what is now the covert called Scalford Gorse. By 1400 Ipm, Framelande is described as an enclosure (cf. Framlande hedge 1550Pochin , v. hecg ). The name survives in Great Framlands (q. v .) which is located two miles north of Melton Mowbray. The moot-site is at the head of a high, southward-shooting ridge, two miles south of the Roman road Margary 58a across the Wolds, joining the Fosse Way with Ermine Street, and beside an ancient trackway also used in the Roman period. This track entered the county in the Vale of Belvoir, climbed Brock Hill in Clawson, Hose and Harby parish and ran southwards to cross R. Wreake at Melton Mowbray. It is referred to as le Ferdgate 13 AD ('the military road', v. ferd , gata ) and was later used as a saltway.