Chesterton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chesterton
Historical Forms
- Cestretone 1086 DB
- Cestreton(a), Cestreton(e) 1086 InqEl 1394 Cl
- Cestretun 1157 P 1227 FF
- Cesterton(a), Cesterton(e) 1172 P 1456 Pat
- Cestertune 1199 FF
- Cestreston 1195 P
- Chesterton(e) 1206 FF 1552 Pat
- Chesterton juxta Cantebregiam 1316 Colexix
- Chestreton 1272 Ass 1405 Pat
- Chesturton 1480 CTerr
- Chisterton 1640 PRi
- Castreton 1242 P 1272 Pat
- Casterton 1324 FF
- Chastreton 1277 Cl 1323 Pat 1376 Rad
- Chasterton 1304–54 FF 1313 1345 CWool 1357 Crowland
- Chastirton 1327 ElyC
Etymology
'Farm by the fortified place,' i.e. the Roman station north of the Cam at Cambridge. v. ceaster , tūn , and Grantacæstir as the earlier name for Cambridge (supra 36).