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.

Chadwell End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pertenhall

Historical Forms

  • Chawdwell brak 1607 Terr

Etymology

Almost certainly 'cold spring,' from OE  ceald-wielle. Cf. the same name in Bk, Ess, Lei, W. For brak v. bræc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement