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.

Chart Park, Chertgate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dorking

Etymology

Chart Park, Chertgate (6″) cf. la Churt 1241Ass (p), la Chert (e )1255Ass (p), 1281Norfolk , atte Chert 1318 FF (p), ate Churt 1332 SR (p), Chertgatebern 1448Norfolk , Chert 1593 SAC xix, Charte 1597Norfolk . For the meaning v. Churt supra 178. The soil here is rough sandstone.