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Chester Hill (SUBURB), NSW Details
Description
A suburb about 1.5 km N by E of Bass Hill and about 3 km ESE of Fairfield. Boundaries within Parramatta shown on map GNB3483-2. Boundaries in Bankstown Gaz 20-05-94 and 27-03-98 see GNB map GNB3719
Origin
An inversion of Hillchester (chester is one of the English forms of the Latin word castra a fortified camp) an English locality. The name was conferred by Mrs H.A. McMillan who first wished to call the place Hillcrest after an estate near Regents Parkand then Hillchester but neither of these names met with official approval. (Reed 1969).
Chester Hill (SUBURB), NSW
| title | Chester Hill (SUBURB) |
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| state | NSW |
| reference | 12225 |
| placename | Chester Hill |
| designation | SUBURB |
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| lga | PARRAMATTA |
| description | A suburb about 1.5 km N by E of Bass Hill and about 3 km ESE of Fairfield. Boundaries within Parramatta shown on map GNB3483-2. Boundaries in Bankstown Gaz 20-05-94 and 27-03-98 see GNB map GNB3719 |
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| origin | An inversion of Hillchester (chester is one of the English forms of the Latin word castra a fortified camp) an English locality. The name was conferred by Mrs H.A. McMillan who first wished to call the place Hillcrest after an estate near Regents Parkand then Hillchester but neither of these names met with official approval. (Reed 1969). |
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