Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• atte Chauye 1327 SR

• Ester Chavy 1438 GillCt

• close called Chavie, peece of Morish grounde in Chavye Common 1609 LRMB

• Lt Chaffey, Long Chaffey 1839 TA

Etymology

Chaffeymoor Fm, Chaffeymoor Grange, Chaffeymoor Hill, Chaffeymoor Ho (ST 762302), John atte Chauye 1327SR , Ester Chavy 1438GillCt , close called Chavie , peece of Morish grounde in Chavye Common 1609LRMB , Lt Chaffey , Long Chaffey 1839TA , perhaps from ceaf 'chaff' (an extended sense 'rubbish, fallen twigs' is suggested for Cheveley C 125), and īeg 'land partly surrounded by water, dry ground in a marsh, well-watered land'; the name may have originally referred to the land between two streams which rise near here, v. atte 'at the', ēasterra 'more easterly'.