Cuttlestone Hundred
Hundred in the County of Staffordshire
Historical Forms
- Hundredum de Codwestan, Colvestan, Cudolvestan, Cudulvestan, Culvestan 1086 DB
- Cuthulvestan, Cuthuluestan 1203,1227 Ass
- Cuthulfestan' c.1255 RH
- Cuduluestan', Cudeluestan', Cudelvestan' 1130 P 1185etfreqto1202 et freq
- Kudolveston, Kudolvestan 1199 Fees 1199 Ass
- Codulvestan, Coduluestan 1193,1194 P
- Cuteluestan 1187 P
- Cutolvestan 1188 ib
- Cuthel(e)ston 1316 FA 1326 Comm 1347 Pat 1359 GDR
- Cothel(e)ston 1280 Ass 1323 CoramR 1364 Banco 1402 FA
- Couthel(e)ston 1272 Ass 1327 SR
- Cutholeston 1307 GDR
- Cudelston 1272 Misc
- Cuthilston 1285 FA
- Cothulston 1332 SR
- Coutleston 1306 GDR
- Cut(t)leston 1567 AddCh 1586 QSR 1652 ParlSurv
- Cudleston 1599 Smith 1610 Speed 1755 Bowen
- Cuddleston 1775 Yates
- Cudestan 1185 P
- Cotheston c.1255 RH
- Cutheston' c.1255 1307 GDR
Etymology
'Cūþwulf's stone', v. stān . The name is preserved in Cuttlestone Bridge in Penkridge Par. infra 178, about one mile SW of the town itself and which carries 'an ancient thoroughfare called King Street across the R. Penk'.