Caldecott

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proper noun

A former civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England, now part of Shocklach Oviatt and District civil parish.

OriginOld English cald →
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Meanings

proper nounCaldecott (countable and uncountable, plural Caldecotts)

plural Caldecotts · alternative Callcott

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishcald“cold”
  2. EnglishCaldecott

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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APA

Caldecott. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caldecott

MLA

“Caldecott.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caldecott. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Caldecott,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caldecott.

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