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.

Cheston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ugborough

Historical Forms

  • Cherteston 1198 FF
  • Cheston 1679 Recov

Etymology

This may contain the element cert found in Churt (Sr), BCS 65 Cert . If so, the name means 'farm of or by the rough land.'