Chardown Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanton St Gabriel
Historical Forms
- Chardown Hill 1769 DCMMap
- Churndown (sic) c.1300 Poul 15
- le Charne Downe 1525 AOMB
Etymology
Chardown Hill (SY 397935), Chardown Hill 1769DCMMap , Churndown (sic)c.1300 (15) Poul , le Charne Downe 1525AOMB , from R. Char (Cerne ) and dūn , v. RNs.infra . This 600′ hill in the N of the par. overlooks the Char valley, cf. an apparently identical (but lost) name Cernedun on the other side of the valley in Catherston Lew. par. supra (f.ns. (b)).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Black Rock
- The Corner
- Golden Cap
- Marsh Copse
- Monument Coppice
- The Mumbles
- Norchard Fm
- Old Limekiln
- Pickaxe Cross
- Ridge Barn, Ridge Cliff & Ridge Water
- St Gabriel's Church
- St Gabriel's Church
- St Gabriel's Ho, St Gabriel's Ledge, St Gabriel's Mouth & St Gabriel's Wood
- The Saint's Well
- Shedbush Fm
- Ship Fm
- Shorne Cliff
- Stonebarrow Fm
- Cain's Folly
- Dirty Knaps
- Kitwells Cliff
- Westhay Water
- Broom Cliff
- The Cove, Cove Rocks
- Keeper's Lodge
- Wear Cliffs
- Coldharbour
- Dover Ledge
- Upcot