Chiswick
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chiswick
Historical Forms
- (of) Ceswican c.1000 ASCharters c.1125
- Chesewic 1181 StPaulsDB t.John ADii 1470 FF
- Chesewich 1222 StPaulsDB
- Chisewich' 1229 StPaulsCh
- Chiswyk 1537 FF
- Chiswick 1754 R
- Cheesewyke t.Eliz ChancP
- Cheeswick 1638 ParReg(Brentford)
- Cheswyke 1566 FF
- Chesweke 1568 ib
Etymology
'Cheese farm,' v. wic . Cf. Chiswick (PN Ess 522). The earliest form would seem to derive from a dat. pl. form.