Hundred of Pucklechurch explained

Pucklechurch was an ancient hundred of Gloucestershire, England. Hundreds originated in the late Saxon period as a subdivision of a county and lasted as administrative divisions until the 19th century.^[1]

The hundred comprised the ancient parishes of Pucklechurch, Syston, Cold Ashton, Westerleigh and Abson.^{[2] [3]}

At the time of the Domesday Book, the hundred contained Pucklechurch, Syston and Cold Ashton, plus Codrington and part of Wapley (the two now joined into the parish of Wapley-cum-Codrington) and Doynton, which was later moved to Swineshead Hundred. Neither Westerleigh nor Abson were specifically recorded in the survey.

The name Pucklechurch comes from the parish and manor of the same name, which is derived from either Pucela's church, from a person's name,^[4] or from fair church.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Webb . Sidney . Sidney Webb . Webb . Beatrice . Beatrice Webb . English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act: the parish and the county . . London . 284 - 285. 1906.
2. Book: Moule, Thomas. The English Counties Delineated. 1837. Virtue. en.
3. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Miscellaneous/ The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland
4. Web site: Key to English Place-names. English. University of Nottingham - Institute of Name Studies School of. kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. 2017-12-28.
5. Book: Rudge, Thomas. The History of the County of Gloucester: Compressed and Brought Down to the Year 1803. 300. Pucklechurch.. 1803. Harris. en.