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.

Chesterton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chesterton

Historical Forms

  • Ceastertuninga gemærie (sic) 955 BCS909 c.1200
  • Cestretuna 1086 DB 1184 BM
  • Cestreton, Cesterton 1192 BM 1217 Pat 1227 Ass 1257 1260 Ass 1286 1290 Ipm 1303 FA 1304 ADv 1316 FA 1326 FF
  • Chesterton, Chestreton 1345 1362 Cl 1428 FA
  • Chasterton 1355 FF 1362 Cl

Etymology

'Farm by the ceaster,' the reference here being clearly to the Roman camp at Durobrivæ. v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

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