Chilford Hundred
Hundred in the County of Cambridgeshire
Historical Forms
- Cildeford 1086 DB
- Cildeforde 1086 InqEl
- Childeforda 1086 ICC
- Childeford 1086 InqEl 1167 P
- Chilleford(e) 1179–1200 P 1334 et freq
- Chilford(e), Chylford(e) 1179 P 1429 Cl
- Chileford' 1185 RotDom 1218,1332 SR 1236 Barnwell 1268–72 Ass
- Chylefford 1298 Ass
- Schelford 1196 ElyC
- Shelforde 1553 Pat
- Chilton 1557 Pat
Etymology
'Young men's ford,' v. cild , ford and cf. Childerley infra 148. The meeting-place of the hundred was probably at the original site of Chilford Hall infra 110.