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Chidley
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English
Etymology
A variant pronunciation spelling of en Chulmleigh. Cf. en Chamlee and en Cholmondeley.
Proper noun
en Chulmleigh.
1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183:
CHIDLEY, or Chimley, a market-town of Devonſhire, about eighteen miles north-weſt of Exeter...
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