Chessell

For people with the surname, see Chessell.
Chessell is a hamlet in the civil parish of Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield, on the Isle of Wight, England, towards the west in an area known as the Back of the Wight on the B3401 road, near Shalcombe. Public transport used to be provided by the Southern Vectis route Summer Links. It is the location of the Chessell Pottery Barns, a popular tourist attraction.

Name

The name probably means 'the hill where chests or coffins were found, referencing an important 6th century pagan Jutish cemetery on Chessell Down, from Old English cest and hyll.
1193-1217: Chestelon
1228: Chesthull
1278: Chestull
1280: Cheshulle
1301: Chestelle
1769: Chestle
The suffix -on may be Old English lanu or land or an Old French diminutive suffix -on.