The Chinnocks
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The Chinnocks are a group of three villages in Somerset, England, located south-west of Yeovil in the Somerset Council unitary authority area. The villages are:
The origin of the name Chinnock is uncertain. It may be derived from the Old English cinu meaning ravine or cinn meaning a chin-shaped hill, with the addition of ock meaning little.[1] An alternative derivation may be an old hill-name of Celtic origin.[2]
Geography
[edit]The three villages have been separate since at least 1066. East Chinnock and West Chinnock are approximately 3 km apart. Middle Chinnock lies close to West Chinnock and since 1884 has been part of the civil parish of West Chinnock, now known as West and Middle Chinnock.
History
[edit]The three parishes were part of the hundred of Houndsborough.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The Complete Guide. Dovecote Press. pp. 91. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
- ↑ Mills, A.D.; Room, A. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chinnock. ISBN 0-19-852758-6.
- ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 9 October 2011.