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.

Chalk Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Woodlands

Historical Forms

  • Chalk Pit, Chalk Pit Cl & Chalk Pit Fd 1840 TA

Etymology

, Chalk Pit , Chalk Pit Cl & Chalk Pit Fd 1840TA , cf. puteu 'chalceti voc ' a chalkepitte 1551Midd , v. cealc , pytt .