Chedzoy (alternatively Chedzey) is a civil parish village 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bridgwater in Somerset, England.
The village is at the western end of King’s Sedgemoor and lies on an ‘island’ of Burtle marine sands, close to King’s Sedgemoor Drain. The area was settled possibly in the Mesolithic period, and timber trackways from the 3rd to 1st millennium B.C. provided routes to other settlements on the Somerset Levels. Roman artifacts have been found in the parish.
The village is very close to the site of the 1685 Battle of Sedgemoor.
The name of the village is pronounced “Chidgey” or “Chedzey”,[4] and derives its name from being Cedd’s Island. The “zoy” part of the name being derived from eg or ieg meaning island.