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.

Chelworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Crudwell

Historical Forms

  • Cellanwurd c.890 BCS569 c.1125
  • Cellewird, Cellanwirdan 901 c.1125 ib
  • Choellewrthe 901 14th ib
  • Cheleworthe 901 14th ib
  • Chelewrthe 956 14th ib
  • Ceollanwurd 1042–66 RegMalm 13th
  • Chellewrða 1065 KCD817 14th
  • Celeorde 1086 DB
  • Chellewrth 1232 FF 1272 BM
  • Chelleworth 1297 Ipm
  • Chel(l)eswrth 1275 RH
  • Cheleworth juxta Magna Credewelle 1281 Ass
  • Challoth 1773 AandD

Etymology

'Ceolla 's farmstead,' v. worþ . The forms are not always easy to distinguish from those for Chelworth supra 43, but those with a double consonant certainly refer to this place.