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.

Chieveley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chieveley

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Cifanlea 951 BCS892 16th
  • Cifanlea 960 BCS1055 contemporary
  • Ciuenlea 965 BCS1171 c.1240
  • Civelei 1086 DB
  • Civeleia c.1240 Abingdon
  • Chiuelai 1167 P
  • Chevel' 1261 Cl
  • Chevelee 1401–2 AD
  • Chiele, Chyele, Schiuele 1284 Ass

Etymology

'Cifa's (a)h'. The pers.n. Ceofa is on record.