English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Childrey

Major Settlement in the Parish of Childrey

Historical Forms

  • (to) Cillariðe 950 ASWills 11th
  • Celrea 1086 DB
  • Celrea, Celreya, Celreya Hospital' 1220 Fees
  • Celrey 1242–3 ib
  • Cilreda c.1160–70 S c.1280
  • Childre 1206 Cur
  • Childrey alias Childrey Rampions 1766 Moulton
  • Chilre 1206 Cur
  • Chilree 1207 ib
  • Chilrey 1517 DInc
  • Chelre(e) 1224–5 Ass
  • Chelred 1284 Ass 1331 Fine
  • Celereye 1295 Ipm
  • Chelereye 1317 Cl 1320 Ipm
  • Chelleray 1318 Ch
  • Chelerey 1338 Cl
  • Chellereleye 1320 Fine

Etymology

The place is named from Childrey Brook, v. Pt 18. Rampions is from the family of Rampayn , who held a manor in Childrey in the 13th cent. (VCH iv, 275–6).