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.

Chippenham Hundred

Hundred in the County of Wiltshire

Historical Forms

  • Cepeham hundred 1086 ExonDB
  • hundred de Cepeham 1130 P
  • Chepeham 1176 ib
  • Cippeham 1196 Cur

Etymology

v. Chippenham infra 89.