Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Kalemundesdene, to Calmundesdene 852 BCS466 13th

• Calemundesdene 12 WinchLB 1190 ADiv 1220 Fees 1231 Cl c.1320 GlCh 1327 SR

• Calamondesdene 13 CirenD3d

• Calmondesden(e) 1220 Fees 1287 QW 1403 FF

• Chalmundesden' 1287 Ass

• Calemdesdene 1221 WinchLB

• Calemonden' 1287 Ass

• Calmesden(e) 1379 GlChii,17 1434 Monast 1439 Pat 1584 Comm

Etymology

'Calumund's valley', v. denu . The OE spelling makes it probable that we have, as Ekwall suggests, an OE  pers.n. Calumund from a name-theme OE  calu 'bald', not otherwise found in dithematic pers.ns. except in Calunōð in Candleshoe (L, Ekwall), and the common theme -mund . The only other evidence for such a pers.n. is in the local surname of John de Calmundecote of Cirencester (1248Ass 1d).