Chidley
English
Etymology
A variant pronunciation spelling of Chulmleigh. Cf. Chamlee and Cholmondeley.
Proper noun
Chidley
- Obsolete form of Chulmleigh.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183:
- CHIDLEY, or Chimley, a market-town of Devonſhire, about eighteen miles north-weſt of Exeter...
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183:
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