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.

Chisledon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Chisledon

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Cyseldene c.880 BCS553 c.1000 925–41 ib
  • Ciseldenu 891 12th ib
  • (æt) Ceolseldene (sic) 901 c.1150 ib
  • Ceoseldene 901 14th ib
  • Chiseldene 1086 DB
  • Chiselden 1202 FF
  • Cheselden(e) 1242 Fees 1249,1278 Ass 1306 Ch
  • Cheseldon 1346 Pat
  • Cheasledeane 1353 WMi
  • Chesulden 1438 FF
  • Chuselden(e) 1281 Ass 1318 Pat 1332 SR 1341 NI 1393 IpmR
  • Chuseldone 1316 FA

Etymology

'Gravel valley,' v. ceosel , denu .