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.

Cheaker pitt close

Field in the Parish of Happisburgh

Historical Forms

  • Cheaker pitt close 1652 Ct

Etymology

Cheaker pitt close 1652 ib(v. Reaney s.n. Checker, from ME , AFr escheker, as a surname'a clerk in the exchequer', pytt and clos)