Chittlebirch Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Sedlescombe
Historical Forms
- Chitesbrich 1279 Ass
- Chitelbirch(e) 1281 Ch 1380 Pat
- Chytelbyrche 1296 SR
- Chitelbuch 1281 Ch 1363 Pat
- Chiltebirche 1418 Pat
- Chetelisbirch 1288 Ass
- Chitelesbirche 1327 SR
Etymology
This is probably a compound of bierce and the OE name Cetol which is found in the ME version of a Wiltshire charter (BCS 915) in the p.n.s chetoles beorge , chetoles heafde . The name is probably the English equivalent or even an Anglicising of the common Scandinavian Ketel and the source of the common later surname Chettle . Hence 'Cetol 's birch-tree .'