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
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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"?
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