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.

Caudale, Caudale Beck, Bridge, Head, & Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Cawdale Beck Bridge 1769 NWm
  • caput Cawdell l.12 Lowth
  • Caldell heade 1588 Rent
  • Caldell mosse 1588 Rent

Etymology

( 1865 OS ) ( Cawdale Beck Bridge 1769 NWm264 ) ( caput Cawdell l. 12Lowth , Caldell heade 1588Rent ) ( Caldell mosse 1588Rent ) , ' cold valley ' , or ' calf valley ' , cf. Cawdale , Cawdale ( ii , 194 , 216 supra ) ; the former seems more likely as the valley faces north .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement