Caldbec Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Battle
Historical Forms
- Kaldebec 1248 AOMB18
- croft called Caldebek 1332 Battle
- Calbeck 1535 VE
- le Calbekmeyde 1539 Dugdiii.255
- Calbak 1823 G
Etymology
Caldbec Hill is Kaldebec 1248AOMB 18, croft called Caldebek 1332 Battle 68, Calbeck 1535 VE, le Calbekmeyde 1539 Dugd iii. 255, Calbak 1823 G. The name is clearly of Norman-French origin, this being a common spring-name in Normandy, cf. the well-known Caudebec . Caldebek is an impossible ME form in this area. 'A spring is yet seen gushing from a cavernous recess on the spot' (SAC 6, 38).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Netherfield
- Petley Wood
- Telham Court
- Uckham
- Almonry, Upper and Lower
- Bathurst Wood
- Great Beech Fm
- Branshill Fm
- Breadsell Fm
- Great Cornes
- Duckreed Wood
- Foxhole Fm
- Hedgland
- Hemingfold
- Ibrook Wood
- Kemhide
- Loxbeech
- Marley Fm
- Middleborough
- Milestone Wood
- Mountjoy
- Peppering Eye
- Rat Fm
- Senlac or Sandlake
- Waddle's Wish