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.

Chaddleworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chaddleworth

Historical Forms

  • Ceadelanwyrð 960 BCS1055 contemporary
  • Cedeneord, Cedeledorde 1086 DB
  • Chedeleswrtha Hy1 ClaudiusCix c.1200
  • Chedlesworth 1230 Pat
  • Chadelwurda 1167 P
  • Chadeleworth' 1192 P
  • Schadelwrth 1284 Ass
  • Chadlyngworth, Chaddelworth 1517 DInc
  • Chaddleworth 1550 LRMB
  • Chadeleswurda 1194 P
  • Chadelesworth 1275–6 RH 1284 Ass
  • Chadelesworth' 1284 ib
  • Chaddewrd' 1247 AD
  • Gonyldeschadeworth' 1284 Ass
  • Shaldewrth', Caldewrth' 1241 Ass
  • Chaldeworth 1284 ib

Etymology

'Ceadela's worð' This unrecorded pers.n. occurs also in Chaddenwicke W 178–9, Chadlington O 338–9 and Chillington D 332; cf. also Channy Grove Pt 162. Gonyldeschadeworth ' occurs with a reference to Geoffrey son of Gonilde .