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.

Chelveston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chelveston-cum-Caldecott

Historical Forms

  • Celuestone 1086 DB
  • Chelveston(e) 1206 Cur
  • Chelfiston 1262 Ipm
  • Cheston(e) 1461 Pat 1675 Ogilby
  • Chelston al. Chelneston (sic) t.Jas1 ECP
  • Chelston 1779 F 1823 B
  • Chelveston al. Chelston 1689 Recov

Etymology

'Farm of Cēolf or Cēolwulf ,' v. tun and cf. Chelston (So), KCD 816Ceolfestun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site