I've been searching for this for a while now. I was wondering if anyone could help.
2007-09-24 17:32:53 · 3 answers · asked by **boredom killz** 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The word 'Chelsea' means landing place [on the river] for chalk or limestone" (Old English). Anglo-Saxon Cealc-h3ð = "chalk wharf". The first record of the Manor of Chelsea precedes the Domesday Book and records the fact that Thurstan, governor of the King's Palace during the reign of Edward the Confessor, gave the land to the Abbot and Convent of Westminster. Abbot Gervace subsequently assigned the manor to his mother, and it passed into private ownership. Modern day Chelsea was the site of the Synod of Cealchythe in 787 AD.
Alternative spellings - Celchyth, Calchut, Celicyth
2007-09-25 11:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means Chalk Landing Place
2007-09-24 17:38:01 · answer #2 · answered by DaveNCUSA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hate that "chelsea" means "chalk landing place" sometimes. it also can mean "port of ships" which honestly is not that much better, but i prefer it. it's of english origin, by the way. i'm pretty sure that "chelsea" is the original spelling, with all other spellings (i.e. chelsy, chelsie) as its variants.
2007-09-25 10:28:49 · answer #3 · answered by Mac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋