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Chettle
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English
Etymology
Probably from en ang ceotol, a variant of ang ċietel kettle, cauldron, here in the topographical sense of a "deep valley surrounded by hills".
Proper noun
~ s
en village/and/cpar in co/Dorset cc/England OS grid ref ST9513.
en habitational Old English.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chettle is the 14256th most common surname in England, belonging to 374 individuals.
References
Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading
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