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