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.

Cheesmans

Other OS name in the Parish of Wadhurst

Historical Forms

  • Chesemans 1439 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Chesemans 1439Ct , deriving probably from a pers. name . The surname is found in Rotherfield in 1613 etc. (WillsL) .