Childer Thornton

English

Etymology

Childer is from cildra, genitive plural of Old English cild, referring to the young monks of St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester.

Proper noun

Childer Thornton

  1. A village next to Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3677).
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