Chidley

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Chidley

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...

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