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.

Cherfold

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chiddingfold

Historical Forms

  • Chirefold 1298 FF
  • Churyfold c.1310 AddCh
  • Churyfolde, Churifolde 1384 Loseley
  • Churifold 1332 AddCh
  • Cherfold(e) 1384,1386 Loseley
  • Churfold(e) 1384 Loseley 1548 LRMB
  • Churchefolde 1386 Loseley
  • Churvell 1823 Br

Etymology

Apparently 'church fold,' v. cirice , fal(o)d. It is a little way south-west of Chiddingfold church, but may have been so named to distinguish it from some other 'fold' further off in the weald.