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Chilton
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English
Etymology
From en ang ċilda tūn, a compound of ang ċilda genitive plural of ang ċild child + ang tūn town. The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: la Cilda tun, la Childatun, la Chiltune, la Chiltuna, la Ciltone, la Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and la Childestuna.
Proper noun
~ s
en.
en place cc/England:
en village/and/cpar in co/Buckinghamshire formerly in dist/Aylesbury Vale OS grid ref SP6811. Parish map (Buckinghamshire)
en small town/and/cpar with a town council in co/County Durham OS grid ref NZ2829. Parish map (Co. Durham)
en western suburb town/Ramsgate dist/Thanet co/Kent OS grid ref TR3664. List of United Kingdom locations: Chi-Ck#Chi
en village/and/cpar in dist/Vale of White Horse co/Oxfordshire OS grid ref SU4885. Parish map (Oxfordshire)
en cpar/and/settlement dist/Babergh co/Suffolk OS grid ref TL8842. Parish map (Suffolk)
en place c/USA:
en unincorporated community co/Carter County s/Missouri.
en census-designated place/and/unincorporated community co/Falls County s/Texas.
en city/county seat co/Calumet County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Calumet County s/Wisconsin, partially within which the city is.
en Chilton County.
Derived terms
en Chilton Cantelo
en Chilton County
en Chilton Foliat
References
Stenton, Frank Merry (1911) Place-names of Berkshire: An Essay, pp. 20, 47
ed. Page, William and Ditchfield, Peter Hempson (1924) “Parishes: Chilton” in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4, p. 11