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Survey of English Place-Names

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Chilford Hundred

Hundred in the County of Cambridgeshire

Historical Forms

  • Cildeford 1086 DB
  • Cildeforde 1086 InqEl
  • Childeforda 1086 ICC
  • Childeford 1086 InqEl 1167 P
  • Chilleford(e) 1179–1200 P 1334 et freq
  • Chilford(e), Chylford(e) 1179 P 1429 Cl
  • Chileford' 1185 RotDom 1218,1332 SR 1236 Barnwell 1268–72 Ass
  • Chylefford 1298 Ass
  • Schelford 1196 ElyC
  • Shelforde 1553 Pat
  • Chilton 1557 Pat

Etymology

'Young men's ford,' v. cild , ford and cf. Childerley infra 148. The meeting-place of the hundred was probably at the original site of Chilford Hall infra 110.