Chittlehampton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chittlehampton
Historical Forms
- Citremetona 1086 DB
- Chiterhanton 1177,1178 P
- Chitelimtona 1107 Ch 1300
- Chitelhamton(e) 1176 P
- Chithelamton 1249 Ass
- Chitelmetun 1219 Ass
- Chitelmanton 1317 Ass
- Chedelhampton' 1242 Fees778
- Chydelhampton 1428 FA
- Chetlanton 1285 FA
- Chytlampton 1461 Barum2,86
- Chetelhampton(e) 1296 Ipm 1297 Pat 1377 Orig
Etymology
Chittlehampton lies in a hollow which may well have been called cietel, i.e. 'kettle.' Cf. Hellkettles (Y). The whole name was presumably cietel -hǣma -tūn , 'farm of the dwellers in the hollow,' v. hæme , tun .