Cresselau Hundred
Hundred in the County of Worcestershire
Historical Forms
- Cresselau 1086 DB
- Kerselau c.1150 Surv
Etymology
This Hundred consisted of 12 manors assessed at 100 hides.It lay compactly to the north-east of Doddingtree Hundred.The site of the meeting-place is unknown. In the 13th century this Hundred, with the exception of Wolverley and Hartlebury, was merged in the Hundred of Halfshire in which it still remains. The name itself is a compound of OE cærse and hlaw, hence 'hill on or by which cress grows.'