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.

Chalkshire

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ellesborough

Etymology

No early form has been found, but cf. VCH i. 15 'It (i.e. the Middle Chalk) is from eight to ten feet thick and has been observed at Chalkshire.'