Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Kylewendun(e) 1066 (14th) KCD 824, WDB

• Kilewendune 1066 WDB

• Killeuenduna 1066,1081-7 WestmA

• Keleuuendun(e) 1066 WestmA

• Keleuuenduna 1081-7 WDB

• Kel(u)endunā, Kalendunam 1086 DB

• Keleuendone 1157 WDB

• Kel(e)wedon(e) t.Hy3 ChR 1219–81 FF 1225 ClR 1232 Ch

• Kel(e)wedon(e) Parva 1254 Ass

• Kel(e)wedon(e) Hacche 1276 For

• Kel(e)wedon(e) Magna 1317 FF 1318 Cl

• Kel(e)wedon(e) juxta Aungre 1323 For 1334 Ipm 1341 NI

• Kel(e)wedon(e) Hach 1344 EASxii

• Kel(e)wedune 1254 FF

• Kel(e)weden 1264 Misc

• Kal(e)wedon, Kal(e)weden' 1238 SR 1248 Ass

• Kenleveden' in Aingre 1248 Ass

• Calwordon', Calweden' 1248 Ass

• Calwedon 1253(p),1255 Ass

• Keweden' 1248 Ass

• Keueden Hacche t.Ed3 WAM

• Kylwedon 1262 FF

• Kilweden 1449 FF

• Keludon 1272 FF

• Kel(e)weldon 1291 For 1549 Pat

• Kelden iuxta Duddinghirst 1285 Ass

• Keldon 1566 BM

• Kelv(e)don 1291 Tax 1428 FA 1535 VE

• Kelv(e)den 1338 Ipm

• Kellewdon 1467–72 ECP

• Kellowdon 1480 IpmR

• Kellowdon Hatch 1544 M

• Kellowdon alias Keldon 1572 FF

• Keldowne, Keldowne alias Kelwydowne alias Kellewdoune 1534,1538 FF

Etymology

The forms for Kelvedon Hatch and Kelvedon infra 290–1, both of which belonged to Westminster, though the monks did not come into possession of Kelvedon Hatch till after the Conquest, have been hopelessly confused. The forms given here under these two names have been carefully sorted and are probably all assigned to the right place. It is clear that in ME  the correct first syllable in the name of Kelvedon Hatch is Kelwe -. Nevertheless we have a form Kenleveden ' in 1248 undoubtedly relating to Kelvedon Hatch, and yet reproducing the usual form for Kelvedon. The confusion becomes even worse when we find a charter (BCS 1198), a grant to Dunstan, among the Westminster muniments, relating to land at Cealuadune , which, if we may judge by the bounds, cannot refer to either of the Kelvedons, endorsed as Kelewedune and Keleuedone , while the same charter is included in the Westminster Domesday (f. 269) under the heading Kealuadune , and is followed by a charter of St Edward “touching the aforesaid land in Kylewenduna ,” the context making it clear that this land was in Essex. The problem was discussed by Stevenson (Crawford Charters 124) and by Round (EAS xvii, 10–22), but neither was aware of the statement made in WDB that Kylewenduna (or Cealuadune ) was in Essex. In spite of this confusion the Westminster scribes seem, on the whole, to have assigned the charter forms in Kilewen -, Keleuen - to Kelvedon Hatch, and those in Kinleue -, Kenleue - to Kelvedon, these agreeing well with the early Kylewendun and Cynlaue dyne or Kinleofedene respectively. Though Kylewendun is from a spurious charter, the forger would take special care to leave no doubt of the place intended, and in particular to distinguish this from the Kelvedon already familiar to St Peter's from earlier gifts of Leofwine and Guthmund. Dr Smith suggests that the first element is the rare OE  cylu , 'spotted, speckled.' The second is dun . For such a compound cf. Fawdon (PN NbDu 82) from fag , 'variegated.' First called Hatch (v. hæcc ) in 1276, with reference probably to a gate in this old forest area.