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.

Chilbury Plant.

Early-attested site in the Parish of Owermoigne

Etymology

Chilbury Plant. (SY 765852), cf. Barn Chilbury , Batch Chilbury , Higher Chilbury , Parsons Chilbury 1840TA , thought by Anderson 120 to represent a survival of the name of the old GeldR hundred of Celberge (q. v. under Winfrith hundred supra ), v. batch 'hillock'.