Chelworth
Early-attested site in the Parish of Cricklade
Historical Forms
- (æt) Ceolæswyrðæ c.970 ASWills c.1150
- Celewrde 1086 DB
- Celesworda 1130 P
- Cheleswurda 1155 RBE 1374 IpmR
- Cheleswurth, Cheleswurda Magna 1289 Ass
- Chelwurða 1197 P
- Cheleworthe 1211 RBE
- Cheleworthe juxta Creckelade 1314 FF 1482 et freq
- Litel Cheleworthe ib.
- Chedeleswurthe 1229 Bracton
- Chulewurth 1263 For
- Chuleworth(e) 1268 Ass
- Chulesworth 1279 Ass
- Chuleswrth 1281 ib
- Chylewerth 1300 Ipm
- Chelleworth 1377 Pat
Etymology
'Cēol 's farmstead,' v. worð . It is not always easy to separate the forms for this name from those for the not far distant Chelworth in Crudwell infra 57. The form Chedeleswurthe in Bracton is curious. Side by side with it Chelewurthe is found in the same document.