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HER Number	MWB19897
Record Type	Place
Name	Thatcham Hundred

Parish	Brimpton, West Berkshire
	Shaw-cum-Donnington, West Berkshire
	Greenham, West Berkshire
	Midgham, West Berkshire
	Newbury, West Berkshire
	Speen, West Berkshire
	Thatcham, West Berkshire
	Wasing, West Berkshire

Summary

Saxon administrative unit of Berkshire

Monument Type(s):

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

Full Description

Thatcham hundred is mentioned in the Domesday book <1><2><3>, but together with Rowbury and Bucklebury hundreds was amalgamated sometime after 1332 under the name Faircross <1>. Thatcham hundred acquired a new name however in the 12th century, with various forms including 'Gosefeld', 'Gottesfeld', and 'Cotsetlesfeld' <1>, perhaps derived from 'gorse' or 'furze'.

Sources and further reading

<01>	Gelling, M. 1973. The Place Names of Berkshire - Part One. English Place-Name Society Vol XLIX. p231. [Monograph / SWB10003]
<02>	Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. [Monograph / SWB14587] https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023)
<03>	Hinde, T. 1985. The Domesday Book. [Monograph / SWB11679]
<04>	Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1923. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks III 1923. Vol 3. p276. [Monograph / SWB10005] http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3 (Accessed 08/03/2022)

Related Monuments

MWB3571	BAGNOR (Place)
MWB5288	BRIMPTON (Place)
MWB16223	Crookham (Place)
MWB16577	Curridge (Place)
MWB5018	DONNINGTON VILLAGE (Place)
MWB5027	GREENHAM (Place)
MWB5282	MIDGHAM - possible Saxon location (Place)
MWB15846	SHAW VILLAGE - general location (Place)
MWB4831	SPEEN VILLAGE (Monument)
MWB15974	Thatcham (Place)
MWB3423	ULVRITONE (Place)
MWB3697	WASING (Place)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

None recorded

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