Flendish Hundred (more commonly Flendish) was a pre-Norman administrative division of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It probably got its name from Fleam Dyke. Hundreds were intermediate administrative divisions, larger than villages and smaller than shires, that survived until the 19th century. It was probably created in the early 10th century. Flendish was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the 11th century Flendish hundred contained four vills, later divided into five parishes: Fulbourn, Teversham, Hinton, and Horningsea (today, Fen Ditton and Horningsea). [1]
Before English spelling was formalised, the spelling varied considerably showing the Germanic, Norse and Flemish cultural influences of East Anglia before the time when English was declared England's language by Edward III.
[Citation P. H. Reaney, The Place-Names of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely (EPNS 19), Cambridge 1943.]
Flendish Hundred
Flamingdice, Flammindic, Flammidinc, Flammiding 1086 DB
Flammincdic, Flammigedic, Flammicgedic, Flammingedich, Flammedigedig 1086 InqEl
Flamencdic 1086 ICC
Flammedich 1155-7 P
Flamedich(e) 1175-9 P , 1251 ElyCouch , 1277 Ely , 14th Cai
Flaundishe 1553 Pat
Flem(e)dich(e), Flem(e)dych(e) 1188 P et freq to, 1523 SR
Flemesdich 1218 SR , 1284 FA , 1298 Ass
Flemedic 1218 SR
Flemdik(e), Flemdyk(e) 1268, 1285 Ass
Flem(i)sdich 1279 RH
Flemdisch 1372 SR
Flem(e)dys(s)h 1457 IpmR , 1523 SR
Flendiche 1428 FA , 1570 SR
Flendishe, Flendyshe t. Hy 6 Cole xxxvii, 1560 Depositions
Flendick 1570 SR
Flyndiche 1553 Pat
Flyndysshe 1557 Pat
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