Chilson

Chilson

Chilson

Human settlement in England

Chilson is a hamlet and civil parish in the Evenlode Valley in West Oxfordshire, England, about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) south of Chipping Norton. The civil parish also includes the hamlet of Shorthampton, about 2⁄5 mile (1 km) north east of Chilson. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 141.[1] The toponym, first recorded as Cildestuna in about 1200, is derived from the Old English ċildes tūn, meaning "estate of the young nobleman".[2]

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