Caldecott
Major Settlement in the Parish of Caldecott
Historical Forms
- Caldecot(e) 1086 DB 1198 FF 12 Peake 1246 Ch 1389 Win 1410 Wyg
- Caldecota 1187,1188 P
- Caldecott 1535 VE 1610 Speed
- Caldcote 1586 DuLa
- Calcot(e) 1426 Pat 1510 LP 1553 Pat
- Calcott 1516 ELiW 1529 Chap 1546 SR e17 Conant
- Coldecoate 1673 Terrier
Etymology
Literally 'the cold or bleak shelter', but this common compound no doubt had the particular meaning 'a place of shelter for travellers', v. cald , cot . The village is on the line of a Roman road from Medbourne Lei to Wansford Nth on Ermine Street.