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.

Great Chalfield and Little Chalfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Atworth

Historical Forms

  • Chaldfeld 1001 KCD706 14th
  • Chaldefeld(e) 1191 Templars 1216 ClR 1242 Fees 1428 FA
  • Chaudefeld(e) 1196 Cur 1198 Abbr
  • Scaudefeld(e) 1201 FF
  • Chadefeld(e) 1316 FA
  • Caldefelle 1086 DB
  • Caldefeld 1176 P
  • Cheldefeld 1281 Ass
  • Chaldevile 1526 Ct
  • Chawfeld 1583 FF
  • West Chawfield t.Eliz WMxxi
  • Chafeilde 1646 Sess
  • Little Chavill 1659 PCC

Etymology

'Cold or exposed open space,' v. ceald , feld . West is an alternative epithet for Little Chalfield.