Caldecott
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): 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.
Proper noun
Caldecott (countable and uncountable, plural Caldecotts)
- A former civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, now part of Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish.
- Related terms: Caldecott Green
- A hamlet in Chelveston cum Caldecott parish, North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, originally in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9968).
- A suburb of Abingdon, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU4996).
- A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SP8693).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Caldecott is the 11616th most common surname in England, belonging to 493 individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Caldecott”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270.