Chaceley

This article is about the village in England. For the village in North Dakota, USA, see Chaseley, North Dakota. For the Australian immigrant ship, see Chaseley (ship).

Chaceley
Chaceley Location within Gloucestershire
Area	6.703 km^2 (2.588 sq mi)
Population	125 (2011 census)
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
Civil parish	Chaceley
District	Tewkesbury
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom

Chaceley or Chaseley[1] is a village and civil parish 8 miles (13 km) north of Gloucester,[2] in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 125.[3] The parish touches Deerhurst, Eldersfield, Forthampton, Tewkesbury and Tirley.[4]

Etymology

The name Chaceley is first attested in a charter of 972 (surviving in an eleventh-century manuscript), as Ceatewesleah. From the Domesday Book of 1086, through the fourteenth century, the name appears in forms such as Chad(d)esleia and Chad(d)eslega. A closer precusor to the modern form is attested from 1185, as Chaseleia, with Chaseley appearing in the seventeenth century. The form Ched(d)eslega is also attested a couple of times, on one occasion datable to 1167.[5][6][7]

Scholars agree that the last element of the name derives from the common Old English work lēah ("cleared land amidst woodland"). But the origin of the beginning of the name is uncertain. There has been speculation that it might derive from a personal name such as *Cēatwe, but recent commentators prefer the suggestion that the names derives from the Common Brittonic words that survive in modern Welsh as coed ("wood") and either a place-name-forming suffix ow or the noun yw ("yew"). Thus the name once meant "forest-place" or "yew-forest". No longer understood by Old English-speakers, it then became part of a new place-name meaning something like "cleared land at Cedow".[8][9][6][10]: 295 

History

On 1931 the parish was transferred from Worcestershire to Gloucestershire.[11] On 1 April 1965 44 acres were transferred to Eldersfield parish.[12]

Landmarks

There are 20 listed buildings in Chaceley.[13] Chaceley has a church called St John the Baptist[14] and a village hall.[15]

References

1. "History of Chaceley, in Tewkesbury and Worcestershire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
2. "Distance from Chaceley [51.975206, 2.209625]". GENUKI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
3. "Chaceley". City Population De. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
4. "Chaceley". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
5. "Parishes: Chaceley". British History Online. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
6. Watts, Victor, ed. (2004). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521168557., s.v. Chaceley.
7. A. H. Smith, The Place-names of Gloucestershire, English Place-Name Society, 38–41, 4 vols (Cambridge : University Press, 1964–65), ii, 56.
8. A. H. Smith, The Place-Names of Gloucestershire, English Place-Names Society, 38–41, 4 vols (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964–65), II p. 56.
9. "Chaceley Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
10. Coates, Richard; Breeze, Andrew (2000). Celtic Voices, English Places: Studies of the Celtic Impact on Place-Names in Britain. Stamford: Tyas. ISBN 1900289415..
11. "Tewkesbury Registration District". UKBMDA. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
12. "Chaceley CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
13. "Listed buildings in Chaceley, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
14. "St John the Baptist". A Church Near You. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
15. "Village Hall". GRCC. Retrieved 9 July 2021.