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.

Chollington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eastbourne

Historical Forms

  • Celintona c.1080 Davis 13th
  • Clotintone 1086 DB 1189 Ch 1335
  • Cillinctuna 1067 CottonCharter 12th
  • Cillentuna c.1110 Crispin
  • Cholington, Cholyngton 1207 Cur 1305 FF
  • Cholyngton in parochia de Burne c.1390 WestminsterAbbeyMSS
  • Chollinton 1215 FF
  • Cholinton, Cholynton 1252 FF 1279 Ass
  • Chollyngton, Chollington 1485,1621,1724 CplM
  • Chelington juxta Burne 1288 Ass
  • Chal(l)ington 1288 Ass 1525 CplM
  • Calyngton 1339 Ipm

Etymology

'Cēola 's farm,' v. ingtun 2 . This is a lost manor, one of the 'borghs' of the Hundred of Eastbourne. Compton Place represents the nucleus.