"so called from the engagement famed in ballad and history". Legacy A tract of land in British America was named "Cheivy Chace" by 1725, and was in the 1890s and early 1900s developed into the affluent areas of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. A golf club in the Maryland Chevy Chase inspired the name of Chevy Chase, Lexington, Kentucky. A shopping mall in the Eldon Square Shopping Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne is named "Chevy Chase" in allusion to the ballad. The ballad inspired the childhood nickname and adult stage name of the American comedian and actor Chevy Chase (born Cornelius Crane Chase, 1943). The ballad has given the English language the verb to chivvy, meaning to pester or encourage someone to perform a task. Further reading Notes External links Straight Dope Staff Report: Who or what is Chevy Chase? Ballad lyrics and MIDI Copies of Chevy Chase Ballads at the English Broadside Ballad Archive of the University of California, Santa Barbara Child Ballads Cheviot Hills Border ballads