Challon Hall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Burton (detached)
Historical Forms
- Chanon Hall 1540 DRH 1549 MinAcct
- the Challon Hall Bridge 1760 Kendiii,243
- Challen Hall 1814 ib
Etymology
Challon Hall, Chanon Hall 1540DRH , 1549MinAcct , the Challon Hall Bridge 1760 Kend iii, 243, Challen Hall 1814 ib 276. 'Challen hall…anciently called Chanon-hall, probably from its having belonged to the canons of [Shap] abbey' (NB 241); this abbey of Premonstratensian Canons (ii, 170infra ) was originally founded at Preston. The first el. is ME chanun 'canon' (OFr chanoine ), a variant of canoun . v. hall ; cf. Challer Dike (infra ) and Challen Ings (i, 74infra ).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Audland, High & Low
- Barkin Ho
- Birks
- Black Yeates
- Bracken Hall
- Cams Gill
- Cannybrow Foot
- Cocklet Wood
- Cox Bank
- Craig Wood
- Crosslands Wood
- Dove Houses
- Great Hill
- Pendle Hill
- Preston Hall
- St Gregory's Hill & Well
- St Patrick's Church
- Sarah Beck & Gill
- Shades Wood
- Sill Field
- Skip Burn
- Spout Ho
- Springfield
- Town Hall
- Warth, Warth Hill
- Watery Lane
- Wath Sutton Bridge
- Wilson Ho
- Elm Tree
- Gatebeck
- Goose Green
- Hagworm Wood
- Hall Hill & Wood
- High Ho
- Hollins
- Howe Hill
- Intake Wood
- Ivy Grath
- Kaker Mill
- Lane Ho
- Long Croft
- Millness, Millness Hall
- Moss End
- Nook
- Park End
- Whetstone Bank