Culvestan
| Culvestan | |
|---|---|
| Hundred of Shropshire | |
| History | |
| • Origin | Organisation of Mercia into shires |
| • Created | early 10th century |
| • Abolished | c. 1100-35 |
| • Succeeded by | Hundred of Munslow |
| Status | Hundred |
| Government | Caput (in 1066 & 1086) |
| • HQ | Corfham Castle |
| Contained within | |
| • County | Shropshire |
| Subdivisions | |
| • Type | Tithings & (later) Manors |
| • Units | 28 manors (in 1086) |
Culvestan was a
The hundred of Culvestan centred on the lower
The manors of
Etymology
The name consists of two elements; "Culve" and "stan", the second element being
The manor of Culmington in the hundred has a similar name but it is not clear whether the two share a common toponymy, with Culmington's name possibly deriving instead from "the estate of Cuthhelm".[2] The Domesday Book recorded two slightly different spelling variants of the hundred's name — twice as Colmestan(e) and once as Comestane — which are more similar to Culmington (which was spelled as Comintone). However this is believed to be the possible result of assimilation to the name of Culmington by the scribe.[1]
Norman conquest
Following the
Amalgamation into Munslow
The hundreds of Shropshire were greatly reformed throughout the 12th century, with the merger of Culvestan and Patton into Munslow being one of the earliest changes made. During the reign of Henry I (1100 to 1135) the hundreds of Culvestan and Patton were formally merged and the new hundred formed was named Munslow. The new hundred included most of the manors of Culvestan (not Huntington, which went to Stottesdon) and Patton, together with some from the hundred of Leintwardine which was being dissolved.
Cleestanton, due to its connections with Wenlock Priory, would later form part of the franchise of Wenlock — see the section in the Patton article. The resulting hundred of Munslow (following the removal of places to Wenlock) resembled quite closely the hundred of Culvestan, as around half of the Patton element was removed.
Culvestan continued to be a name used to describe the lower Corve valley for at least a century after the formal amalgamation of the hundred into Munslow.
Domesday Book manors
The following 28 manors were listed in the Domesday Book (1086) as belonging to the hundred of Culvestan. The modern place-names are given by way of extending in brackets the name of the manor. The two manors that did not become part of Munslow hundred are marked.
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₩ Held by Wenlock Priory and became part of the Wenlock franchise.
ṣ Became part of Stottesdon hundred.
♦ These three manors together formed a detached part of the hundred (caused by Ticklerton belonging to Patton due to its connection with Wenlock Priory; Cleestanton appears to have been an exception in not belonging to Patton).
Boroughs and towns
At the time of the Domesday survey, there were no formal towns or
Religious establishments
Present-day
Culvestan is not a name in use in modern times. It is sometimes written as Culvestone (the Old English stan translated to modern English) in contemporary works. The entire area covered by the hundred in 1086 continues to be within Shropshire and (with the exception of Huntington) in the hundred of Munslow, with Cleestanton returned to Munslow in an enlargement in 1836.
See also
- History of Shropshire#Hundreds
- List of hundreds of England and Wales#Shropshire
- England in the High Middle Ages
References
- Open Domesday Culvestan hundred (the Domesday Book, 1998)
- British history online A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 10: Munslow Hundred (part)... (1998)
Citations
- ^ a b Anderson, Olof (1934) English Hundred Names p 159
- ^ Gelling, Margaret; Foxall, H.D.G. (1990) Place-Names of Shropshire, Part I p 105
- ^ Open Domesday Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine Bromfield