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Survey of English Place-Names

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Calcot Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newington Bagpath

Historical Forms

  • Caldechote 1236 Berk
  • Caldecote 1280 GlR 13 BGlxxiii
  • grangia de Caldecote 1291 Tax
  • Calcot(t)e, Calcot 16 Rent 1536 Monast 1589 FF
  • Calcot grange 1540 LP

Etymology

Calcot Fm, Caldechote 1236 Berk, Caldecote 1280 GlR, 13 BG lxxiii, grangia de Caldecote 1291 Tax, Calcot (t )e , Calcot 16Rent , 1536 Monast, 1589 FF, Calcot grange 1540 LP. 'Cold or exposed cottage', v. cald , cot , cf. Calcot (i, 166supra ). It was a grange of Kingswood Priory.

Places in the same Parish