Chesterton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chesterton
Historical Forms
- Ceastertuninga gemærie (sic) 955 BCS909 c.1200
- Cestretuna 1086 DB 1184 BM
- Cestreton, Cesterton 1192 BM 1217 Pat 1227 Ass 1257 1260 Ass 1286 1290 Ipm 1303 FA 1304 ADv 1316 FA 1326 FF
- Chesterton, Chestreton 1345 1362 Cl 1428 FA
- Chasterton 1355 FF 1362 Cl
Etymology
'Farm by the ceaster,' the reference here being clearly to the Roman camp at Durobrivæ. v. tun .
Places in the same Parish
None