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son of Henry, the mediety of Eibblecestre, to be held in free thanage, 

 rent 7s. a year, ' Salva eidem Roberto et hercdibus suis donacione ecclesie 

 ejusdem vilU et forests de cervoet bissa et apro et loffa.' " — Whitt. Whalley, 

 IL, 460. 



It is perhaps scarcely necessary for me to give the obvious origin 

 of this name — Eibchester. Anciently the word was spelt — Eybel- 

 chestr', i.e., the castrum (the camp) on the Eibble. The various ways 

 of spelling the word I have been able to find are : — Rebelcastre, 

 Eibbecestria, Eibbechastre, Eibbechastria, Eibbechestr', Eibbelcestre, 

 Eibbelcestria, Eibbilcestre, RibbUchaster, Ribblecestre, Eibblescestre, 

 Eibcestria, Eibelcester, Ribelcestre, Ribelchester, Eiblecestre, 

 Eibelchastria, Eibylchester, Eobbylchester, Eybbelcestre, Rybbel- 

 chestre, Eybcestria. 



Stydd, or Stidd, is spelt Stede, Stead, Steed, Steede, Steyde,Sted, 

 Stydd. — A.S. Stede, statio — a homestead.' 



The various ways of spelling HothersaU are : — Hadreshall, Hun- 

 dreshall, Hedreshall, Hudersall, Hudersal, Hodiersale, Huthersall, 

 Huddersall, Hadersale, HoderhaU, HoderisaU, Hodersale, HodersaU, 

 Hodi-ehale, Hodresal, HodresaU, Hocb-eshale, Hodrishall, HordishaU, 

 Huddleshale, Huderisliale, Hudersale, Hudreshale, Hudreshall, 

 Huthersall. 



The derivation of HothersaU is not clear except in the suffix — 

 "sail;" A.S., sail ov hall, a stone house. Probably the prefix is the 

 name of the founder of the township. Hadreshall is the earliest 

 known way of spelling HothersaU. 



"In August, 1230, Walter Mutun and Amab'l, his wife, gave half 

 a mark for a wi'it for a novel disseisin, ' versus Swanum de Huddle- 

 shale de ten' in Eibbecestr.' 



" Eobert de Hodi-eshale holds two oxgangs of land in Hodreshale, 

 in socage, paying yearly at the four terms five shillings, and relief, 

 Qta."— Surrey 132046. 



" Walter Motun gave the Monks of Stanlawe part of his lands in 

 Eiblecestre, ' Scil. HuUileye a via lapidosa,^ on the east, to Goderich- 



'Dr. RFarsli. 



