Chollerton

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A small village in the English county of Northumberland, located in the north of England near the Scottish border
2. A rural settlement in Northumberland in northern England, known for its countryside setting in the North Tyne area
3. A village in the north of England within the county of Northumberland, set in the quiet farmland of the region

Etymology: Chollerton is a village in Northumberland, in the north of England, and its name is an ancient one. The first element is most likely the Old English "ceald" or "cald," meaning cold, which would give something like "cold farm" or "cold settlement," while the second is "tun," the common Old English word for an enclosure or farmstead that later became "town." Place names of this kind were often coined in the Anglo-Saxon period, and this one passed through the centuries with its form changing as spelling and pronunciation shifted. Because it is a place name, its meaning is a matter of reconstruction rather than a record of how people in the village once described themselves. The exact derivation of the first part is not certain, so the "cold" reading should be taken as the most likely explanation rather than a settled fact.