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.

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.

Places in the same Parish