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.

Kitchadon

Other OS name in the Parish of Eggesford

Historical Forms

  • Kechedon 1492 Ipm

Etymology

is Kechedon 1492 Ipm . The first element may be the pers. name Cycca , found in Kitchenham, Kitchenour (PN Sx 478, 527) . Hence , ' Cycca 's hill , ' v. dun .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement