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 Hundred

Hundred in the County of Cambridgeshire

Historical Forms

  • Cestretune, Cestretona 1086 InqEl
  • Cestretone 1086 DB
  • Cestreton(e) 1130 P 1304 Pat
  • Cestertun 1218 SR
  • Cesterton(e) 1236,1296 Barnwell 1268 Ass 1275 Misc 1284 FA
  • Chesterton(e) 1346,1428 FA 1478 Pat
  • Chestirtone 1401 FA
  • Cheserton' 14th Cai

Etymology

v. Chesterton infra .