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.

Cheesehunger

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hinton

Historical Forms

  • Cheselhanger 1200 Berk
  • Chisulhonger 1368 Ipm
  • Cheselhunger, Chesilhunger 1516 MinAcct 1522 Berk
  • Cheslonger 1575 TRMB
  • Cheesehunger 1839 TA

Etymology

Cheesehunger (lost), Cheselhanger 1200 Berk, Chisulhonger 1368 Ipm, Cheselhunger , Chesilhunger 1516MinAcct , 1522 Berk, Cheslonger 1575TRMB , Cheesehunger 1839TA . 'Gravelly wooded slope', v. cisel (ceosol), hangra . The TA map fixes this place at grid-point 156– 698042 near the Severn (TA 13/22, no. 10).