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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.

Caldecote (Upper and Lower)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Northill

Historical Forms

  • Caldecot(e) 1197 FF 1227 Ass
  • Kaldekote c.1200 Warden c.1230
  • Caudecot(e) 1202 FF 1276 Ass
  • Caldecote, Magna et Parva 1234 Cl
  • Nethere Caldecote 1351 ADiii
  • Overe Caldecote 1363 ADii
  • Calcut 1513 ADvi

Etymology

'Cold cottages,' so called from their exposed situation. v. ceald , cot .

Places in the same Parish