Chettle

A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).

Proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

Probably from Old English ceotol, a variant of ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”), here in the topographical sense of a "deep valley surrounded by hills".

Forms

Chettles