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.

Chelsdon

Other OS name in the Parish of Petrockstow

Historical Forms

  • Childedon, Childeton 1242 Fees779,782
  • Chillesdon 1303,1346 FA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Childedon , Childeton 1242 Fees 779, 782, Chillesdon 1303, 1346FA , v. cild , dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement