Elstub Hundred
Hundred in the County of Wiltshire
Historical Forms
- Alestabe hundred, Eilestebba, Ailestebba 1086 ExonDB
- Ellestubbe 1196 Cur 1255 RH
- Ellestube 1198 Abbr
- Elestubbe 1227 Fees
- Hundred de Elnestub 1249 Ass
Etymology
'Elder-tree stump.' The meeting-place of the Hundred was in Enford in a field called Elstub , the field immediately south-east of New Town and north-west of Fifield. This identification is due to Enford School, and the School notes that there is much elder there still.