Caldey Island

proper noun

An island in Tenby community, on the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SS1496).

OriginOld Norse kald ey →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An island in Tenby community, on the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SS1496).

    The sea, of which a distant glimpse has been caught at Saundersfoot, is now close at hand, and the view extends to the cliffs at Giltar Point and the bold outlines of Caldy Island, a mile or so off shore.

    1959 October 29, H. A. Vallance, “The Pembroke & Tenby Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 667

Origin

  1. Old Norsekald ey“cold island”
  2. EnglishCaldey Island

From Old Norse kald ey (“cold island”), recorded as Caldea c.1120. An earlier spelling appearing on OS maps was Caldy Island, changed by 1982.

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