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the editor of Leo's "Local Nomenclature of the Anglo-Saxons," to be 

 derived from the C. fridd or frith, and to denote a forest, wood, or planta- 

 tion. 



Charlesworth. — (D.D.B. Chuenesuurde.) — A.S. ceorl— a freeman of the 

 lowest rank, a countryman, a churl, a husbandman, and A.S. weorthig 

 worthig, wurthig, worth — a close, a portion of land, a farm, manor, an 

 estate; — the husbandman's manor, or estate. 



ChatSWOrth. — (D.D.B. Chclesuorde.) — A.S. Chetel, a personal name, 

 and A.S. weorthig, worthig, wurthig, worth — a close, a portion of land, a 

 farm, manor, an estate ; — Chetel's manor, or estate. 



"In Langeleie and Chelesuorde Leuenot and Chetel had ten ox- 

 " gangs of land for geld."— Domesday Book. 



Chellaston.— (D.D.B. Celerdestune, Celardestvne.) — A.S. cealc, calc — 

 chalk, lime, stone, and A.S. tun — a town ; — the chalk town. 



Chelmorton . — Anciently Chelmerdon. For the derivation of the initial 

 syllable, see Chellaston, supra. For the medial syllable, see the initial 

 syllable of Morleston, infra. The final syllable is (as anciently written) 

 from the A.S. dun — a hill, a mountain. The limestone hill by the mere. 



Chesterfield..— (D.D.B. Cestrefeld.) A.S. cester, ceaster (from Lat. 

 castrum), a camp, fort, castle, city, town, and A.S. feld, fild — a field, 

 pasture, plain ; — the camp field. 



Chester, Little. — The derivation of Chester is as in Chesterfield, q.v. 

 The adjunct is the A.S. litel, lytel, lytyl — small, little; — the little camp or 

 fort. 



Chevin. — C. cefn— a back or ridge ; — the ridge. 



Chilcote.— (D.D.B. Caldecote.)— A.S. ceald, cald— bleak, cold (A.S. col 

 — cool, cold), and A.S. cote, cyte — a cot, or cottage; — the cold cottage. 



Chinley. — A.S. cine, cyne, cinn — a chink, cleft, nick, and A.S. leg, leag, 

 lea, leah, lag, lah — a meadow, a field, land ; — the field by the cleft. 



Chisworth.— (D.D.B. Chiseurde.) — A.S. ceosel, ceosl — gravel, sand, and 

 A.S. weorthig, worthig, wurthig, worth — a close, a portion of land, a 

 farm, manor, an estate ; — the gravel or sand close, or estate. 



Chunal. — (D.D.B. Ceolhal.) — The initial syllable seems, from the Domes- 

 day orthography, to be derived from the A.S. ceorl — a freeman of the 

 lowest rank, a countryman, a churl, a husbandman. The postfix is the 

 A.S. alh, ealh, heal, heall — a hall, palace, temple, place of entertainment, 

 inn, house. The husbandman's place of entertainment, inn, or house. 



Church Broughton.— See Broughton, Church. 



Church Gresley.— See Gresley, Church. 



Clay Cross. — A.S. claeg— clay, and A.S. cruc, cryc, crod — a crutch, a 

 cross, or that which crosses, as two intersecting roads ; — the clay cross 

 roads. 



