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The Chinnocks are three villages in
Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...
, England, south west of
Yeovil Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2011) was 45,784. More recent estimates show a population of 48,564. It is close to Somer ...
in the South Somerset district: *
East Chinnock East Chinnock is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the A30 road south west of Yeovil, both in the South Somerset district. The parish has a population of 479 (2011 census). History The origin of the name Chinnock is uncerta ...
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Middle Chinnock Middle Chinnock is a village in Somerset, England, north east of Crewkerne, both in the South Somerset district. It lies east of the larger village of West Chinnock, with which it forms the civil parish of West and Middle Chinnock. Middle Ch ...
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West Chinnock West Chinnock is a village in Somerset, England, north east of Crewkerne, both in the South Somerset district. It occupies a central position east of the road that links Crewkerne to the A303 road and is mainly south of a brook that feeds nea ...
The origin of the name Chinnock is uncertain. It may be derived from the
Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
''cinu'' meaning ''ravine'' or ''cinn'' meaning ''a chin shaped hill'', with the addition of ''ock'' meaning ''little''. An alternative derivation may be an old hill-name of Celtic origin. The three villages have been separate since at least 1066. East Chinnock and West Chinnock are some 3 km apart. Middle Chinnock is close to West Chinnock and since 1884 has been in the civil parish of West Chinnock, now named West and Middle Chinnock. The three parishes were part of the hundred of Houndsborough.


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