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==History== |
==History== |
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Formerly also known as ''Blideslow'' and ''Blideslau''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rudge |first1=Thomas |title=The History of the County of Gloucester Compressed and Brought Down to the Year 1803 |date=1803 |publisher=Harris |pages=113-117}}</ref> |
Formerly also known as ''Blideslow'' and ''Blideslau''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rudge |first1=Thomas |title=The History of the County of Gloucester Compressed and Brought Down to the Year 1803 |date=1803 |publisher=Harris |pages=113-117}}</ref>, the hundred is named after the hamlet of Bledisloe. Once a [[Tithing (country subdivision)|tithing]] of the parish of Awre and now a hamlet north of Lydney on the [[A48 road (Great Britain)|A48 road]], where the hundred met. The meeting place was a mound known as [[Bledisloe Tump]]. The second element clearly derives from the [[Old English]] "-hlǣw" meaning [[tumulus]], burial mound or barrow.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Room |first1=Adrian |title=Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings |date=2003 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=0786418141}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Poulton-Smith |first1=Anthony |title=Shropshire Place Names |date=2009 |page=87}}</ref> William Lewis states that this barrow was that of one ''Blīþe'' deriving the name from "Blīþe's Barrow".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=William |title=What's in an English Place-name? A History of England in Its Place-names |date=2023 |publisher=Brazen Head Publishing}}</ref> |
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At the time of the [[Domesday Book]] the hundred included Awre manor, Bledisloe, Etloe, [[Purton, Lydney|Purton]] and Nass. |
At the time of the [[Domesday Book]] the hundred included Awre manor, Bledisloe, Etloe, [[Purton, Lydney|Purton]] and Nass. Alvington (previously a [[detached part]] of [[Herefordshire]]) and Lydney joined the hundred by 1221.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23248 |title=Bledisloe Hundred |editor=C R J Currie |author=N M Herbert A P Baggs |author2=A R J Jurica |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1996 |work=A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean |accessdate=9 July 2011 }}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Latest revision as of 18:21, 13 May 2024
Bledisloe was an ancient hundred of Gloucestershire, England. It comprised the ancient parishes of
History[edit]
Formerly also known as Blideslow and Blideslau.[1], the hundred is named after the hamlet of Bledisloe. Once a tithing of the parish of Awre and now a hamlet north of Lydney on the A48 road, where the hundred met. The meeting place was a mound known as Bledisloe Tump. The second element clearly derives from the Old English "-hlǣw" meaning tumulus, burial mound or barrow.[2][3] William Lewis states that this barrow was that of one Blīþe deriving the name from "Blīþe's Barrow".[4]
At the time of the Domesday Book the hundred included Awre manor, Bledisloe, Etloe, Purton and Nass. Alvington (previously a detached part of Herefordshire) and Lydney joined the hundred by 1221.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Rudge, Thomas (1803). The History of the County of Gloucester Compressed and Brought Down to the Year 1803. Harris. pp. 113–117.
- ^ Room, Adrian (2003). Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings. McFarland. ISBN 0786418141.
- ^ Poulton-Smith, Anthony (2009). Shropshire Place Names. p. 87.
- ^ Lewis, William (2023). What's in an English Place-name? A History of England in Its Place-names. Brazen Head Publishing.
- ^ N M Herbert A P Baggs; A R J Jurica (1996). C R J Currie (ed.). "Bledisloe Hundred". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 9 July 2011.