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Chidlow, Chidlow Hall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Chiddelowe 1282 Court 1313 Orm2
  • Chyddelowe 1551 Chol
  • Chidelowe, Chydelowe 1328 1592 ChRR
  • Chedelowe l13 Chol 1359 Eyre
  • Ched(e)lowe 1498 Sheaf
  • Childelowe 1358 JRC 1446,1460 Barnes1 1474 ChRR
  • Chidlowe 1396 ChRR
  • Chydlowe 1406 ib
  • Chidlow 1509 ib
  • Chidlow Farm 1831 Bry
  • Chidlow Hall 1842 OS
  • Chidlaw 1640 Chol
  • Shidlow 1515 MinAcct

Etymology

'Cidda's mound', from the OE  pers.n. Cidda (cf. Problems 100, DEPN s.n. Chiddingfold ) and hlāw, cf. Ivy Ho infra , and Chidlow Hill 1841TA , v. hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site