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I discounted the Chatel/Chateau connection as Bolbec Castle in the middle of the village was not built until the 13c and the name of the Chatel Stream appears to pre-date that. Of course there could have been a small castle or fort thereabouts earlier but no archaeological evidence appears to have been unearthed. Anyway the Bolbec Castle site has its own stream, a spring named Sweet Alice. Your suggestion of a possible "cēto-" = "woodland" derivation is interesting as woods would have been features on the otherwise sparsely wooded chalk/limestone hills of the area. Doug Rickard -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Appleyard Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 3:14 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Chatel Stream Doug Rickard wrote: > ''' The Dunn Mill in the village of Whitchurch in Buckinghamshire was on > the Chatel Stream. > The stream still flows through the village but the mill is long gone. ... > Any ideas? Or could it have come down from Celtic "cēto-" = "woodland"? Or related to "castle"?