Chipstead
village · Surrey
Old EnglishAI-generated
Chipstead means 'the place or settlement near the wood or copse'. It is derived from the Old English 'cip' (possibly a type of tree or wood) and 'stede' (place, site).
Word origins
- Chip-
- Old Englishwood, copse(from cip "wood, copse")
- stead
- Old Englishplace, site(from stede "place, site")
Historical forms
Cipstede