Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Chastenariis, Chasteners 1282 For

• Chestnuttes 1635 For27

• Chesnutts 1641 Comm

• Chesnuts hill 1762 Comm

• Chestnutts Inclosures 1669 Comm

Etymology

( Chastenariis , Chasteners 1282For , Chestnuttes 1635For 27, Chesnutts 1641Comm ) ( Chesnuts hill 1762Comm ) ( Chestnutts Inclosures 1669Comm ) , e.ModE  ches (t )nut ' chestnut-tree ' , the oldest forms being from OFr  chastaignere ' chestnut wood ' ( cf. Vincent § 594 ) ; cf. Castiard (232infra ) ; Chestnuts Hill and Inclosure are a mile south - west of Flaxley Abbey , to which Roger , Earl of Hereford , had granted all the tithes of chestnuts in Dean (VCH ii,94) ; for inclosure cf. Birch Wood (supra ) .