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[Surname] Re: Cholmondeley
Cholmondeley is a Cheshire place name. Basil Cottle, in the Penguin Dictionary of Surnames, explains it thus: 'wood/clearing of (an AS called ship(cf. keel)protector'. If you say so, Mr Cottle. AS stands for Anglo-Saxon.
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Yes, it's definitely pronounced Chumley in Britain, just as Featherstonehaugh is pronounced Fanshawe!
They are both posh names!
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