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.

Chilton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thorverton

Historical Forms

  • Childetun 1242 Fees96
  • Chilleton 1303 FA 1318 Ipm
  • Childeton Furneaux 1332 Fine
  • Childeton 1335 Ipm

Etymology

v. cild , tun . It was held by Henry de Fornell ' in 1242.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement