Chilton

English

Etymology

From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.

Proper noun

Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)

  1. A surname.
  2. Any of several places in England:
    1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6811).
    2. A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829).
  3. An unincorporated community in Carter County, Missouri.
  4. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas.
  5. A city, the county seat of Calumet County, Wisconsin.
  6. A town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is.
  7. Ellipsis of Chilton County.

Derived terms

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.