Chawston
Early-attested site in the Parish of Roxton
Historical Forms
- Chauelestorne, Calnestorne 1086 DB
- Caluesterne 1167 P 1203 Cur
- Chaluesthorn 1180 P
- Chau(u)esterne 1202 FF, Ass
- Calsterne 1220 LS
- Chaluesterne 1227 Ass 1239 FF 1242 Fees867 1400
- Chalueston 1227 Ass 1302
- Chalston 1418,1478 IpmR
- Chalsterne 1428 FA 1441 BM
- Chauston 1535 VE
- Chawson 1826 B
Etymology
'Cealf's thornbush,' as suggested by Skeat. Evidence for the pers. name Cealf , derived from the animal-name, is given in the article just referred to (p. 237). That we have a pers. name rather than the animal-name is suggested by the mention in the Newnham Cartulary 186 of another of his possessions, viz. Chaluescrofte . For the sound-development cf. Chauson (Wo) from Cealfes-tun .