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.

Chisworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chisworth

Historical Forms

  • Chisewrde 1086 DB
  • Chiseworth 1330 Ass
  • Chissewrde, Chissewrthe, Chisseworth(e) 1199 FF Hy3 For 1360 Pat
  • Chisteworthe 1285 For
  • Chesseworth Hy3,1285 For
  • Chisworth 1285 For 1323 Ipm
  • Chesworth 1634 DuLa

Etymology

'Cissa's enclosure', v. worð .

Places in the same Parish