by Nick Corcos

Field, J, 1993, A History of English Field Names, 213; Eagles, B N, and Swan, V G, 1973, "The Chessalls, a Romano-British settlement at Kingscote [Glos.]", Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 91, 60-91; Gerrard, C, 2007, "Borgh/Chestell", in Gerrard, C, and Aston, M (eds), 2007, The Shapwick Project, Somerset: A Rural Landscape Explored, Society for Medieval Archaeology, Monograph 25, 364-372. Dr Michael Costen advises me that variants of this name containing ‘t' are more likely to derive from ceastel, while those without are likely to be from ceosol; although as the Gloucestershire example quoted here shows, forms lacking a ‘t' in their modern spelling should still be investigated.

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