Chediston
village · Suffolk
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Chediston is thought to mean 'settlement associated with cheese-making'. It combines the Old English 'cēse' (cheese) with 'tun' (settlement or farmstead), possibly with a personal name prefix.
Word origins
- Ched
- Old EnglishAttestedcheese(from cēse "cheese")
- diston
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement(from tun "settlement, farmstead")
Historical forms
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