The Chinnocks
Group of villages in Somerset, England
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The Chinnocks are a group of three villages in Somerset, England, located south-west of Yeovil in the Somerset Council unitary authority area. The villages are:
The origin of the name Chinnock is uncertain. It may be derived from the Old English cinu meaning ravine or cinn meaning a chin-shaped hill, with the addition of ock meaning little.[1] An alternative derivation may be an old hill-name of Celtic origin.[2]
Geography
The three villages have been separate since at least 1066. East Chinnock and West Chinnock are approximately 3 km apart. Middle Chinnock lies close to West Chinnock and since 1884 has been part of the civil parish of West Chinnock, now known as West and Middle Chinnock.
History
The three parishes were part of the hundred of Houndsborough.[3]