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.

Chalke Hundred

Hundred in the County of Wiltshire

Historical Forms

  • Stanforde hundred 1086 ExonDB
  • Stafford hundred 1174 P
  • Hundred de Stafford 1198 Abbr, 1224 ClR
  • Hundred de Chelke in 1249 (Ass)
  • Hundred de Chalk 1255 RH

Etymology

This was earlier Stanforde hundred 1086 ExonDB, Stafford hundred 1174 P, Hundred de Stafford 1198 Abbr, 1224 ClR. It appears first as Hundred de Chelke in 1249 (Ass ), Hundred de Chalk 1255 RH. The early name is preserved in Stowford in Ebbesborne infra 207.