English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Chadwell Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Amwell

Historical Forms

  • Chaldewelleholme 13th WalthamB
  • Chaldewellefeld 1374 AddCh
  • Chaldewelhall t.Hy4 Add
  • Caldewelle 15th WalthamA
  • Cheldewelmede t.Hy4 Add
  • Cheldwell mede 1435 Ct
  • Chadwell 1727 Recov

Etymology

'Cold spring,' v. wielle and cf. Chadwell (PN Ess 150).