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.

Chipping Norton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chipping Norton

Historical Forms

  • Nortone 1086 DB 1285 Ass
  • Chepingnorthona 1224 Bract
  • Chupyngnorton 1302 Ipm
  • Norton Mercatoria 1246 Ch
  • Chip Norton' 1268 Ass
  • Chebyngnorton 1297 Ipm

Etymology

'North tūn with a market,' v. cīeping 1 .

Places in the same Parish