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Caldron Barn Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Swanage

Historical Forms

  • claus' voc' (le) Cauldon 1557,1566,1665 Mow
  • close called (the) Cauldon 1656 Mow
  • (claus' voc' Ester) Caulden, claus' voc' le West Side de Caulden, Cawdon 1566 Mow
  • Cawlton 1569 Mow
  • N Calden, S Calden 1839 TA

Etymology

, claus ' voc ' (le ) Cauldon 1557, 1566, 1665Mow , close called (the )Cauldon 1656Mow , (claus ' voc ' Ester ) Caulden , claus ' voc ' le West Side de Caulden , Cawdon 1566Mow , Cawlton 1569Mow , N Calden , S Calden 1839TA , possibly ' cold hill ' , from cald and dūn ( confused with denu and tūn ) , with ēasterra , west , sīde ; alternatively , Professor Löfvenberg suggests that the first el . may be cawel ' cabbage ' ; the modern form has been influenced by ModE  cauldron , cf. Cauldon Ave supra .