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.

Cheglinch

Other OS name in the Parish of West Down

Historical Forms

Chekelinche 1330 SR

Cheglinge 1612 FF

Etymology

is Chekelinche 1330SR (p), Cheglinge 1612FF . ' Cēoca 's hlinc . '

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

West Down