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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Chilson

Chilson is a hamlet and civil parish in the Evenlode Valley in West Oxfordshire, England, about 4+12 miles (7 km) south of Chipping Norton. The civil parish also includes the hamlet of Shorthampton, about 25 mile (1 km) north east of Chilson. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 141. The toponym, first recorded as Cildestuna in about 1200, is derived from the Old English ċildes tūn, meaning "estate of the young nobleman".

References

  1. ^ "Area: Chilson (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Chilson", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press