Codswell
Early-attested site in the Parish of Cutsdean
Historical Forms
- aet Codesuuellan 780 BCS236 11th
- Codeswellan 855 BCS490
- Codeswelle 840 11th ib
Etymology
Codswell (lost), aet Codesuuellan 780 (11th) BCS 236, Codeswellan 855 BCS 490, Codeswelle 840 (11th) ib 430, lay between Gytingbroc (R. Windrush) on the west and an unidentified ford called Geolwaford on the east (in BCS 236 the description is clearly misplaced); the property was 'on the hill which the inhabitants called mons Huuicciorum (the hill of the Hwicce )'; the unidentified ford occurs also as on , of geolowon forda in the bounds of Cutsdean (974 BCS 1299) and appears to be a crossing of the Dikler at the east end of Cutsdean parish (grid 144–146302); 'the hill of the Hwicce ' would therefore be Cutsdean Hill. The first el. is the OE pers.n. Cōd as in Cutsdean (supra ), and the second is OE wella 'well, spring', v. Addenda.