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HER Number	MWB16421
Record Type	Place
Name	Nachededorn (Compton) Hundred

Parish	Aldworth, West Berkshire
	Brightwalton, West Berkshire
	Catmore, West Berkshire
	Compton, West Berkshire
	East Ilsley, West Berkshire
	Farnborough, West Berkshire
	Stanford Dingley, West Berkshire
	West Ilsley, West Berkshire
	Yattendon, West Berkshire

Summary

Saxon administrative unit of Berkshire

Monument Type(s):

HUNDRED BOUNDARY (11th century - 1001 AD to 1086 AD)

Full Description

The hundred of Nachededorn(e) is mentioned in the Domesday book <1><2><3>; its name changed in the 12th century to Compton, the royal manor it was part of. The name meant 'bare thorn-tree' <1>.

Sources and further reading

<01>	Gelling, M. 1974. The Place Names of Berkshire - Part Two. English Place-Name Society Vol L. p495. [Monograph / SWB10371]
<02>	Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. 57c. [Monograph / SWB14587] https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023)
<03>	Hinde, T. 1985. The Domesday Book. [Monograph / SWB11679]
<04>	Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p1-37 (Compton). [Monograph / SWB10281] http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015)

Related Monuments

MWB4132	ALDWORTH VILLAGE (Place)
MWB4350	BRIGHTWALTON (Place)
MWB4425	CATMORE (Monument)
MWB4417	EAST ILSLEY (Place)
MWB4441	FARNBOROUGH (Place)
MWB16580	Hodcott or Hodcutt (Place)
MWB15859	Nachededorn Manor - unknown location (Place)
MWB4102	Stanford Dingley (Place)
MWB4431	WEST ILSLEY VILLAGE (Place)
MWB4087	Yattendon Village (Place)
MWB1416	Compton (Place Name) (Place)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

None recorded

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