Chilton

English

Etymology

From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.

Proper noun

Chilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)

1. A surname.
2. Any of several places in England:
   1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6811).
   2. A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829).
3. An unincorporated community in Carter County, Missouri.
4. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas.
5. A city, the county seat of Calumet County, Wisconsin.
6. A town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is.
7. Ellipsis of Chilton County.

Derived terms

• Chilton Cantelo
• Chilton County
• Chilton Foliat

References

• Stenton, Frank Merry (1911) Place-names of Berkshire: An Essay, pp. 20, 47
• ed. Page, William and Ditchfield, Peter Hempson (1924) “Parishes: Chilton” in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4, p. 11