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.

Chelson

Early-attested site in the Parish of Salcombe Regis

Historical Forms

  • Chevelest(on) c.1154 HMCiv,47 1249,1278 Ass
  • Chevelestun, Chevestun c.1175 HMCiv,52
  • Chevilstone 1301 Exon
  • Chiveleston 1278 Ass

Etymology

The name is identical with Chivelstone supra 319.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement