Chilmark
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English
Etymology
From Old English Chilmerc, from *cigel (“peg, pole”) + mearc (“boundary, mark”).[1]
Proper noun
Chilmark
- A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9732). [2]
- A town on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States; named after the village in Wiltshire.
References
- ^ “Chilmark”, in Survey of English Place-Names, Nottingham University, n.d.
- ^ Parish map