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.

Chilfinch

Other OS name in the Parish of Grovely Wood

Historical Forms

  • Chilfinch cops 1589 WMxxxv
  • Chilfench 1603 Hoare

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Chilfinch cops 1589 WM xxxv, Chilfench 1603 Hoare . It is an old name for the chaffinch ( WM xlvi, 486 ) .