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.

Little Chesterton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chesterton

Historical Forms

  • Parua Cestretona c.1170 Thame c.1200
  • Paruam Cestretun 1219 FF
  • Parua Cestreton' 1278–9 RH
  • Parua Cestertona 1227 FF
  • Chesterton Parva 1316 FA 1822 O.S.
  • Little Chesterton 1797 Davis

Etymology

'tūnby a ceaster.' v. Introduction xvii.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement