English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Caldwell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Caldwell

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Caldewællen 942 Peniarth 13th
  • Cald(e)well' e.11th Peniarth 13th
  • Caldewelle 1086 DB 1086 BurtCh
  • Cald(e)well(e) 1114 1160–75 Gresley 1185 BurtCh 1195 P 1196 ChancR 1219 FF
  • Cald(e)wall(e) 1086,c.1100 BurtCh 1150–9 Burton 1233–60 BurtCh 1275 Burton 1344 Derby 1552 DKR
  • Chaldwell 1160–75 StoweCh
  • Kaud(e)well(e), Caud(e)well(e) 1236 FF 1251,c.1255 DbAnsvi
  • Derby 1651 ParlSurv
  • Candwall 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed

Etymology

'Cold stream', v. cald , wælla . An unnamed stream flows past the village to the R. Trent. For Caud - v. supra xlvii.

Places in the same Parish