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

  • Ciltone 1086 DB
  • Chilton' 1152–8 NLC
  • Chilton Marescalli 1237–40 Fees

Etymology

Probably OE  cilda -tūn , v. cild . A manor of the Earl Marshal's.

Places in the same Parish