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.

Chalton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Toddington

Historical Forms

  • Chaltun 1131 Dunst 13th
  • Chalton 1195 P
  • Chalton juxta Tudington 1287 Ass
  • Chalftun c.1200 Dunst 13th
  • Chauton 1200,1203 FF 1227 Ass 1236–7 FF 1250 Ch
  • Chalfton 1227 Ass
  • Chaulton 1610 Speed 1766 J

Etymology

'Calf-farm' v. cealf , tun .

Places in the same Parish