Chidley

Chidley

English

Etymology

A variant pronunciation spelling of Chulmleigh. Cf. Chamlee and Cholmondeley.

Proper noun

Chidley

1. 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...