Chirton
village · Wiltshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Chirton means 'the farmstead or village by the stream'. It is derived from the Old English 'cicen' (chicken, possibly referring to a stream name) and 'tūn' (farmstead, village).
Word origins
- Chir-
- Old EnglishAttestedstream name(from cicen "chicken, stream name")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead, village(from tūn "farmstead, village")
Historical forms
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