50°54′59″N 02°44′03″W / 50.91639°N 2.73417°W
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
editThe 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
editThe three parishes were part of the hundred of Houndsborough.[3]
See also
editReferences
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.