Chimney
Early-attested site in the Parish of Aston Bampton
Historical Forms
- Ceommanyg 1069 OSFacs
- (æt) Ceommenige c.1080 Ex
- Ciminia c.1140 Ex
- Chymene 1241 Ass 15th Ex
- Chimeneye 1285 Ass
- Chymeney 1316 FA
- Chymeneye, Chymoneye 1345 Cl
- Chemeneye 1278–9 RH 1284,1285(bis) Ass 1327 AD
- Chemene 1285 Ass
- Chymneye c.1360 Eynsh
- Chimley 1797 Davis
- Ceomina laca 1005 Eynsh late12th
- Ceoman lace 1069 OSFacs
Etymology
'*Ceomma 's island,' v. (ī)eg. The personal name is a hypocoristic form of such names as Cēolmǣr , Cēolmund , with assimilation of -l - to -m -: it is found also in the name of a brook at Chimney—Ceomina laca 1005 (late 12th) Eynsh and Ceoman lace 1069 OSFacs—and in Ceomman bricg KCD 652 and Ceomman treow BCS 820 in other counties.
The 1797 form is identical with a 19th-century form of the word chimney .