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.

Chilton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chilton

Historical Forms

  • (emb) cylda tun c.895 BCS565 12th
  • Cildatun 1015,1052(c.1240) KCD1310,796
  • Cilletone, Ciltone 1086 DB
  • Chiltune William Abingdon c.1240
  • Chiltone 1218–21 Os

Etymology

A common name, probably meaning 'farm of the young noblemen', v. DEPN for other examples.