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.

East Chiltington

Major Settlement in the Parish of East Chiltington

Historical Forms

  • Childeltune, Childe(n)tune 1086 DB
  • Chilting' 1212 Fees72
  • Chiltigton juxta Lewes 1283 Ass
  • Chiltinton 1285 BM

Etymology

This name is presumably of the same origin as West Chiltington supra 174 and we have another settlement by one Cilta .