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Chilton

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1
A surname. countable, uncountable
2
A place in England:; A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6811). countable, uncountable
3
A place in England:; A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829). countable, uncountable
4
A place in England:; A western suburb of Ramsgate, Thanet district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3664). countable, uncountable
5
A place in England:; A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4885). countable, uncountable

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A place in England:; A civil parish and settlement in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8842). countable, uncountable
7
A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Carter County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
8
A place in the United States:; A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas. countable, uncountable
9
A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Calumet County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
10
A place in the United States:; A town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is. countable, uncountable
11
Ellipsis of Chilton County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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.

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