Þisses þorpes nama on Nīwenglisce is Chenies æfter þǣm Cheyne cynne þe hēolld þone tūn in þæm 13. gēarhunde. Īsenhāmstedeheall (Chenies Manor) is micel heall in þæm tūen and oþ þæt 1954. gēar belamp þæt hūs and se þorp þǣm Eorlum and Heretogum of Bēadanforde.