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.

Chetwode

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chetwode

Historical Forms

  • Cetwuda 949 BCS883 12th
  • Ceteode 1086 DB
  • Chettewuda Roberti 1167 P
  • Chetwud(e) 1223 Pat 1227 Ass 1229 Bract
  • Chetwode 1231 WellsR
  • Chitewode 1465 Pat
  • Chitwood 1535 VE 1604 Vern 1668 HMN 1766 J
  • Chickwood 1615 Ogilby

Etymology

A compound of the same type as Brill, the first element being the British and the second the English word for a wood, v. IPN 26. Raising of e to i is specially common in association with palatal ch. x

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site