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.

Challenger Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Membury

Historical Forms

Chelhangre

Chalhangre 1330 SR 1340 Ass

Chalangre 1408 IpmR

Chaldanger c.1630 Pole

Etymology

'Cold slope,' v. cald , hangra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Membury