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.

Chitmoor

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Chitmoor Copse, Chitmoor Md, Chitmoor Orchd 1841 TA

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Chitmoor Copse , Chitmoor Md , Chitmoor Orchd 1841TA , v. mōr , for a possible first el . , cf. Chitcombe 3233 – 4 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement