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Chilson
Location within Oxfordshire
Population141 (parish, including Shorthampton) (2011 Census)
OS grid reference SP3119
Civil parish
  • Chilson
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Chipping Norton
Postcode district OX7
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Ambulance South Central
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51°52′23″N1°32′10″W / 51.873°N 1.536°W / 51.873; -1.536

Chilson is a hamlet and civil parish in the Evenlode Valley in West Oxfordshire, England, about 4+12 miles (7 km) south of Chipping Norton. The civil parish also includes the hamlet of Shorthampton, about 25 mile (1 km) north east of Chilson. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 141. [1] The toponym, first recorded as Cildestuna in about 1200, is derived from the Old English ċildes tūn, meaning "estate of the young nobleman". [2]

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References

  1. "Area: Chilson (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Chilson", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [ page needed ]