Chaddesden
Major Settlement in the Parish of Chaddesden
Historical Forms
- Cedesdene 1086 DB
- Cadesden' RichI Cur(P)
- Chad(d)esdena, Chad(d)isdena, -dena, Chad(d)esden(e) 1154–9,1159,1162–82 Darley 1167 ChancR 1168,1169,1170 P Hy2 BelCh c.1200 Darley
- Chad(d)esdeyne 1315 FF
- Cadesden' RichI Cur(P)
- Cattesden' 1194 P
- S(c)had(d)esde(i)ne 1265 Misc c.1265 Ipm 1330 Ass
- Chadeston 1269 FF
- Chad(d)esdon 1309 Ipm 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed
- Chad(e)son 1568 Lanc 1651 ParlSurv
- Chadsden 1577 DbAi
Etymology
'Ceadd's valley', v. denu ; there is occasional confusion of the second element with dūn and tūn . For the first element cf. Chadstone (PN Nth 143).