Whittlesford Hundred
Hundred in the County of Cambridgeshire
Historical Forms
- Witlesforda, Witlesforde 1086 ICC
- Wit(t)lesford(e), Wytlesford(e) 1175–99 P 1428 FA
- Wytlisford 1279 RH 1285 Ass
- Wythlesford 1336 ib
- Witelesford, Witelesfeld 1086 DB
- Witelesforda 1086 InqEl
- Witel(le)sford 1218 SR
- Wittelesforde 1346 FA
- Witleford, Wytleford 1175 P 1272 Ass
- Wytford 1272 Ass
- Wichesford 1284 FA
- Moutlow mor 1598 Pembroke
- Muttlow moor 1794 ib
- Mitlowedene c. 1280, 1339 CaiCh
Etymology
For further forms and the etymology, v. Whittlesford infra 98.The meeting-place of the hundred cannot be definitely located. It is clearly to be associated with Moutlow mor 1598Pembroke , Muttlow moor 1794 ib. in Whittlesford and probably with Mitlowedene c. 1280, 1339CaiCh in Duxford which was probably on the borders of the two parishes.