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Chaureth alias Cherry Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broxted

Historical Forms

  • Ceauride 1086 DB
  • Chaurea 1199 ChR
  • Chaure(e) 1238 Cl 1251 Ch 1254 Ass 1330 Londin
  • Chaurey(e) 1246 Ch 1269–85 FF 1473 Pat
  • Chaur' 1238 SR 1254 Ass
  • Chaurye ib.
  • Schaure 1274 RH
  • Caure 1285 Ass
  • Caureth 1347 Cl
  • Churethe 1294 Ipm
  • Chewreth 1533 FF
  • Chaureth(e) 1295 Cl 1303,1428 FA 1372 Pat
  • Chaureth(e) Grene 1445 Tilty
  • Chawreth (al. Broxted) 1598 ChancP
  • Chawreth or Cherry Hall, Chawreth Green 1777 C

Etymology

'Ceawa 's brook,' v. riþ . Cf. Chalcombe (PN Nth 50), Chawridge (Berks) earlier ceauuan hrycg (BCS 775) and Challow (Berks) earlier ceawan hlæwe (BCS 833).

Places in the same Parish