Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• on ciondan, of ceondan c.705 BCS123 12th

• on ciondan, of ciondan 972 BCS1282 c.1050

• Chende 1255 Ass 1275 SR

• Cheende 1339 FF

• Chwyndes 1425 Pat

• Chyndehouse 1542 ADvi

Etymology

From the bounds from which the first forms come it may be inferred that ciondan is a stream-name. The bounds of BCS 123 show that it was close to Lindsworth Fm (infra 355). As there was 'a close called Chendelond ' in Solihull in 1368 (AD ii), it may be inferred that the Chind was near where the bounds of Yardley, King's Norton and Solihull meet.