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Survey of English Place-Names

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Chadwell Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Birdbrook

Historical Forms

  • Caldewelle 13th Stoke
  • Chaldewell 1283–1307 WDB
  • Chadwell c.1840 TA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Caldewelle 13thStoke , (cross of) Chaldewell 1283–1307WDB ,Schaldewelle 1294, Cheldewellefeld 1454Ct , Chadwell c. 1840 TA . v. cald , wielle . As with Chadwell supra 91, 150 , the well here has been re - named as if dedicated to St Chad (Wright i, 617) .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement