English Explanatory Dictionary

Caldecott

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, now part of Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish.
  2. A hamlet in Chelveston cum Caldecott parish, North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, originally in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9968).
  3. A suburb of Abingdon, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU4996).
  4. A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SP8693).
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Caldecott Caldecotts Callcott

Etymology

From Old English cald (“cold”) + cot (“cottage”), denoting a place provided with a shelter for the wintertime. Compare Caldecote and Calcott, which share the same etymology.

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