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.

Chipstead

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chipstead

Historical Forms

  • Chepstede 675(13th),933(13th) BCS 697,967(13th) BCS1195
  • Tepestede 1086 DB
  • Chepstude 12th Lewes
  • Chepstede 1100–29 Chertsey 1220 FF
  • Chepested 1258 FF
  • Chepstid 1506 FF
  • Chipsted(e) 1231 FF 1303 Winton 1332 Cl
  • Chypstede 1298 FF
  • Schepstede 1263 Ass
  • Shipstede 1424 BM
  • Shepstede 1428 FA

Etymology

'Place where a market existed,' v. ceap , stede . Cf. Chipsted (K).