English edit

Etymology edit

From Old English Chilmerc, from *cigel (peg, pole) + mearc (boundary, mark).[1]

Proper noun edit

Chilmark

  1. A village and civil parish of Wiltshire, England.
  2. A town on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States; named after the village in Wiltshire.

References edit

  1. ^ Chilmark”, in Survey of English Place-Names, Nottingham University, n.d.