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.

Charlton Abbots

Major Settlement in the Parish of Charlton Abbots

Historical Forms

  • Cerletone 1086 DB
  • Cherleton(a) c.1155 Ch 1331 WinchLB 12,1220–1384 Ass 1221 Ch 1251 SR 1327
  • Chorletona 1175 WinchLB 1575 TRMB
  • Chorlington Abbates 1575 ib
  • Cheorleton(am) 1404,1428 WinchLB
  • Charleton Hy6 AddCh 1557 Val42a
  • Charleton Abbatis 1535 VE
  • Charleton Abbotts 1695 M
  • Charlyngton als. Charleton Abbottes 1592 FF

Etymology

'Farmstead of the peasants', v. ceorl , tūn ; it is called 'Abbots' from its possession by Winchcomb Abbey to distinguish it from Charlton Kings (96infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site