| Found in Domesday 1086AD | |
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| Names found: | Calvintone(Sussex) |
| Caveltone(Sussex) | |
| Current translation for Chalvington | ||||||||
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| chalv derived from cealf - calf | |||||||
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| ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) | |||||||
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| ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill | |||||||
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk | ||||||||