# Caldecott

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #73,941

## Definitions
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.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/caldecott