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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