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.

The Chart, Chartland Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Limpsfield

Historical Forms

  • (in bosco qui vocatur) la Chert, Chertmede, Chertreden 1312 AOMB
  • Chertland 1312 ib
  • Charte 1664 SR

Etymology

The Chart, Chartland Fm (6″) is (in bosco qui vocatur ) la Chert , Chertmede , Chertreden 1312AOMB , Chertland 1312 ib., Charte 1664SR . v. ceart and Churt supra 178. The soil here is sandstone. For reden , v. infra 364.