Chardstock
village · Devon
Old EnglishAI-generated
Chardstock likely means 'the church or settlement by the River Chard'. It combines the river name with the Old English word for a church or ecclesiastical district.
Word origins
- Chard
- Unknownriver name
- stock
- Old Englishchurch, ecclesiastical district(from stoc "place, church, monastery")
Historical forms
Cerdestoch