[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
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Full record: Cheltenham
| County | Gloucestershire |
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| Transcript | |
| Icon description | single building |
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| Description | the icon almost completely faded; only traces of the name remain |
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| Etymology | possibly originally a pre-Engliah river-name, or an unrecorded OE *Cilta, pers. namewithout parallels in Germanic languages + hamm, 'river-meadow' |
| Translation | |
| Earlier editors | ...lteham; the symbol for Cheltenham has almost disappeared, and did not appear on the OS 1935 (Parsons) |
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| Overwritten | no |
| Attested spelling | Chelteham 1156 RBE, 1218 ClR, 1248 Ass; Old English form varies between Celtan- and Ciltan-; in Middle English Chilt- is the predominant form, but Chelt- reasserts itself from the middle of the 13th century |
