Goldicote Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Alderminster
Historical Forms
- Goldicote 1212 1226 FF 1235 Fees526 1248 AOMB61 15th Ass 1275 SR 1327 AD 14th Townsend 1644
- Caldecote 1275 SR
- Caldicote 1249 FF
- Golddikote 1254 FF
- Coldicote 1275 Ass
- Coldecote 1334 FF
- Goldecote 1445 IpmR
- Collicote 1644 QSR
Etymology
Confusion of initial c and g is not uncommon (v. Gatley supra 43). It is difficult to say which is the original here. In favour of g is the large preponderance of such forms. If that is correct the first element must be OE Golding -, and we have to do with the same pers. name as in Goldington (PN BedsHu 59), v. ing .On the other hand the early Cald - forms are not likely to have developed from an original Gold -, though they might possibly have been substituted for Cold -, if that form is really older than the evidence suggests, by someone who was conscious of the relation of the Cald -, Cold - names. The alternative is to take the original name as one of the common Caldecott or 'cold cottages' type, which would not be unsuited to its site, and to believe that Cald - became Cold - under the influence of the independent word and was commonly corrupted to Gold -. Very definitely adverse to this theory is the persistent medial i which is not commonly if ever found in the Caldecott names, at least at an early date.