Chilton
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)
- A surname.
- Any of several places in England:
- A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6811).
- A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829).
- An unincorporated community in Carter County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas.
- A city, the county seat of Calumet County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is.
- Ellipsis of Chilton County.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- 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