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.

Chalcot Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dilton

Historical Forms

  • Caldecote 1249,1268,1279,1281,1289 Ass 1257 For
  • Chaldecote 1268 Ass 1318 Ch t.Ed3 For
  • Chaldecott 1593 FF

Etymology

Chalcot Ho is Caldecote 1249, 1268, 1279, 1281, 1289Ass , 1257For , Chaldecote 1268Ass , 1318 Ch, t. Ed 3For , Chaldecott 1593FF .'Cold or exposed cottages,' v. cot(e) and Introd. xxi.