English Explanatory Dictionary

Chawston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet in Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL152562).

Word forms

Chawston

Etymology

Recorded as Chauelestorne in the Domesday Book, the hamlet is named with the Old English personal name *Cealf, a byname from ċealf (“calf”), + -s- + þorn (“thorn, thornbush”).

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