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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cheveley Hundred

Hundred in the County of Cambridgeshire

Historical Forms

  • Caueleie 1086 ICC
  • Cauelai 1086 DB, InqEl
  • Cauele 1218 SR
  • Chauelai 1086 DB
  • Chauelæi 1086 InqEl
  • Chauelai, Chauele(e), Chauele(a) 1166 P 1316 FA
  • Cheauele 1175 P
  • Cheavely 1641 EAix
  • Cheuele(a) 1198 P 1428 FA
  • Chevell 1553 Pat

Etymology

v. Cheveley infra 125.

Parishes in this Hundred