English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Cawdale, Cawdale Beck

Other OS name in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Caldell grandge 1449 Lowth
  • Cawdell 1564 CWxxi,208
  • Cawdall 1638 PR
  • Cordale 1839 TA
  • Cordale Beck 1865 OS

Etymology

, Caldell grandge 1449Lowth , Cawdell 1564 CW xxi, 208, Cawdall 1638 PR, Cordale 1839TA ,(Cordale Beck ) 1865 OS , ' cold valley ' , v. cald , dæl(dalr) ; for Cor - cf. WalmHowe (supra ) .