Chelwood
village · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Chelwood probably refers to a wood or forest associated with a person named Ceol or Cylla. The name combines an Old English personal name with the word 'wudu', meaning wood.
Word origins
- Chels
- Old Englishwood of Ceol/Cylla(from Ceol/Cylla "personal name")
- wood
- Old EnglishAttestedwood, forest(from wudu "wood, forest")