The story
Recorded as Chauelestorne in the Domesday Book, the hamlet is named with the Old English personal name *Cealf, a byname from ċealf (“calf”), + -s- + þorn (“thorn, thornbush”).
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Chawston
Today it means: A hamlet in Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL152562). Full definition →