Chittlehamholt
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chittlehamholt
Historical Forms
- Chitelhamholt(e) 1288 Ass 1350 Ipm 1481 IpmR
- Chitelham Holte 1302 Pat
- Chitilhamholte 1310 Pat
- Chetelham(p)holt 1315 Ipm 1324 Pat
- Chetilmeholt 1377 Orig
- Chittenholt 1577 Saxton
- Chittleholt al. Chittlehamholt 1708 Recov
Etymology
This place-name and Chittlehampton infra 338 are clearly related, but topographically the places are so far apart that there can be no question of any common descriptive element. Rather we must suggest that Chittlehamholt was a forest settlement of the people at Chittlehampton and was called in the first instance cietelhæmaholt , v. Chittlehampton infra 338. It may be added that Chittlehamholt is on a hill and not in a cietel or hollow.