Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cytlid c.912 BCS591

• Chitlad (boscus de) 1300 Stowe

• Ciclet 1211 RBE

• (in) bosco de Siclat 1232 Lacock

• Ciklet 1242 Fees

• Chicled 1232 Lacock

• Chiklede 1297 Pat 1369 Ipm

• Chyclet 1275 RH 1289 Ass

• Chikelet 1330 Trop 1347 Pat

• Chikkelade 1279 Ass 1325 Pat 1442 Trop

• Chikelade 1281 QW 1308 Sarum 1365 FF 1390 IpmR

• Chicklad(e) 1289 Ass

• Chiklade c.1350 Trop

• Cheekelead al. Chicklade 1657 Hoare

• Chicklade al. Chicklett 1686 Recov 1746 FF

• Chikelet 1330 Trop 1347 Pat

• Chicklat t.Eliz WMxxi

• Chekelade 1409 Cl

Etymology

Ekwall (DEPN s. n .) takes the first element to be the British *cēt -, 'wood,' as in Chute supra 12. For the interchange of cl and tl we may compare Watling Street (cf. PN Herts 7). As for the second element, it is doubtful if the full list of forms given supra will allow us to accept Ekwall's tentative suggestion of OE  hlid , 'gate.' Hybrid compounds of this type are not very common in English place-names. It may be that we have to do with the obscure British word found in Lydiard supra 35.At an early date the second element may have been associated with the OE  (ge )lād , cf. Cricklade supra 42.