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) A surname. A place in England: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6811). A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829). A western suburb of Ramsgate, Thanet district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3664). A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4885). A civil parish and settlement in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8842). A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Carter County, Missouri. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas. A city, the county seat of Calumet County, Wisconsin. A town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is. 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