Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Caldeuuelle 1086 DB

• Caldewelle 1184,1195 P 1220 MHW 1318,1341 Wyg

• Caldewell' c.1160 Deed 1192,1193 P 1313,1317 Wyg 1353 1377 Pat 1522 RTemple

• Caldewell' iuxta Wicham l.13 Wyg

• Caldewella 1177,1178 P 1192 et passim

• Caldeuell' 1284,l.13 Wyg

• Kaldewell' e.13 ib

• Chaldewell' 1179,1180 P 1200 Cur 1210 Abbr

• Chaldewella 1185,1191 P

• Caudewell' 1201 Cur e.13 BHosp 1505,1519 Wyg

• Caudewelle e.13 BHosp

• Kaudewell' 1201 Cur 1242 P

• Cawdewell 1502 MiscAccts 1541 MinAccts

• Kawdewell 1502 MiscAccts

• Caldwell 1317,1351 Wyg 1831,1836 Map

• Calldwell 1582 Terrier

• Caudwell 1510 Rut 1576 Saxton 1710,1716 Will 1724 LML

• Cawdwell 1440 Wyg 1509 Deed 1510 Rental 1604 SR 1610 Speed 1714,1716 LML

• Cauldwell 1778 EnclA

• Chadwell 1721,1727,1731 Will

Etymology

'The cold spring', v. cald , wella . Early spellings (of Angl  cald ) with Ch - for C - are due to AN  orthography and do not represent a palatalized ceald as in the WSax dialect of OE. Spellings with u for l are the result of AN vocalization of pre-consonantal l , a pronunciation which survived as late as the early 18th cent. Unusual is the 18th cent. appearance of Chad - beside Cald - (the latter surviving until at least the middle of the 19th cent.). This emergence of the modern form Chadwell may be the result of an 18th cent. antiquarian revival of AN forms and its continued use based on spelling-pronunciation, with loss of l (Chald - > Chad -) through dissimilation.