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Chidley

Chidley is the obsolete form of Chulmleigh.

Meaning of Chulmleigh

Proper noun

Chulmleigh

  1. A village in Devon, England.

Origin of Chidley

A variant pronunciation spelling of Chulmleigh. Cf. Chamlee and Cholmondeley.

Questions about Chidley

What is Chidley the obsolete form of?
Chidley is the obsolete form of Chulmleigh.

Words near Chidley in the dictionary

  1. Chidham
  2. Chidham and Hambrook
  3. chiding
  4. chidingly
  5. chidings
  6. Chidley
  7. chidling
  8. chidlings
  9. Chidlow
  10. chidol
  11. chidols

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chidley (page history and authors); Chulmleigh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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