Chettle

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Chettle

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Probably from Old English ceotol, a variant of ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”), here in the topographical sense of a "deep valley surrounded by hills".

proper noun Chettles

countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).
countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Chettle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chettle. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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Chettle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chettle

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"Chettle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chettle.

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@misc{chettle_2026,
  title = {Chettle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chettle},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}