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Caludon Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wyken

Historical Forms

  • Calwedon 1239 Pap 1292 Ch 1325 Abbr 1451 Ch
  • Calewedon 1279 Nott 1327 SR 1353 Ipm
  • Kaludon 1262 FF
  • Caludon 1307 Ass 1332 SR
  • Calvedon 1275 Ipm
  • Caluedon 1359 BPR
  • Cauledon 1265 Misc
  • Caloudo(u)n 1317 Pat 1326 Ipm 1401 Pat
  • Calawdon 1404 IpmR
  • Calowdon waste, Calowdon 1411 Coventry
  • Callow downe 1617 Ct
  • Calloughdon 1538 LRMB
  • Callidon 1625 PCC

Etymology

'The bare hill,' v. calu , dun . Cf. Callow Hill (PN Sr 120).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site

Other OS name