Cholwich Town
Early-attested site in the Parish of Cornwood
Historical Forms
- Cholleswyht, Caldeswyht, Calleswyht, Choldeswych, Cholsweche 13th BM
- Chaldeswych 1249 FF
- Chaldewyth 1274 FF
- Chollewyche 1304 Ass
- Cholleswyche 1314 Exon
- Chailleswych 1313 Ass
- Cheldeswych t.Ed3 Ass
Etymology
This is a difficult name. The second element is wic, 'farm,' with the same palatalised development as in Fuge and Fuidge infra 316, 446, and Runnage and Broomage supra 197, 269.Professor Ekwall suggests that the first element may be OE cealdost , Southern ME choldest , 'coldest.' It stands on the edge of the Moor, some seven hundred feet up.