English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Cricklade Hundred

Hundred in the County of Wiltshire

Historical Forms

  • Crichalade, Crichelada, Crechelade 1086 ExonDB
  • Crickelad 1227 Fees
  • Kerkelad, Crikkelad' 1255 RH
  • Crekklade 1316 FA

Etymology

v. Cricklade infra 42. The hundred is not mentioned after the 14th century and was merged in Highworth Hundred supra 23.