Chatsworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chatsworth
Historical Forms
- Chetesuorde 1086 DB
- Catesworth c.1192 Shir
- Cateswrðe 1199 P
- Cattisworthe c.1236 BelCh
- Chattiswrthe, Chatteswrthe, Chattesworth(e) late12th DbCh c.1236 BelCh 1269 Ass Chas1 For
- Chatiswrd(e), Chateswrd(e), Chatesworth(e) Hy3 Rufford Hy3 WollCh 1296 HardCh 1485 WollCh
Etymology
'Ceatt's enclosure', v. worð ; the first element is an OE unrecorded pers.n. Ceatt , the strong form of Ceatta ; cf. Chattisham Sf, for the same pers.n.