Miscellaneous Words. 257 



Chadenwich. ") The former place which in Domesday (p. 24) is 



Chaddington. J Chedelwich, and in Test, de Nev. (p. 153) Chadewich, 

 is near West Knoyle, the latter by Wootton Bassett. In 

 both words, if they be not derived, as is possible, from some 

 personal name, the first syllable may be a form of the Welsh 

 coed (= wood) , and, if so, the names would mean respectively 

 the " hamlet " and the " village " by the wood. 



Cheverel. The name of two villages not far from Devizes. Pryce 

 gives Cheverel (or Keverel) as the name of a Cornish village, 

 and explains it as meaning the "place of goats." It is 

 derived from the Welch gqfr (= a goat). Compare the 

 Latin caper. If, as is possible, the last syllable be the Irish 

 and Gaelic all (Cornisb als, old Welsh alt) which signifies a 

 " cliff,'''' the name would mean " goat-cliff.''^ 



Crow. Near Ringwood. This is possibly the Welsh craw, Irish 

 and Corn, cro, which means a hut or hovel, and also a fold. 



Caeedurbuug. The ancient name for Brokenborough, where, says 

 Camden, the Anglo-Saxon princes had a palace. It is from 

 the Welsh caer (=a fort, city), and dwr (=water), and means 

 the " fort on the river." The English added their own ter- 

 mination bi/rig (= castle) . 



24. Colerne. The former part of this name is probably the Welsh 

 and Cornish col (^peak) . Compare the Latin coUis. The ter- 

 mination may be the Anglo- Saxon ara,a dwelling, or building 

 fit for residence. See Cod. Dipl. III., xvii. The whole 

 name may thus mean the " dwelling on the hill,'''' or summit. 

 At all events the situation of Colerne well warrants such a 

 description. 



The Dbkry, ") The former near Ash ton Keynes, the latter 



Derry (Woods) , j close by Calne.^ I cannot help thinking that the 

 root of both is the Welsh derw (= oak) . Certainly, hard by 

 the former, there is a place called Oak-lo.ke Bridge, crossing the 



'Other derivations are suggested, which may be seen in Jackson's Aubrey, 

 (p. 39,) for Demry (Hill) near Calne. But it does not seem probable that either 

 a French, or mediseval Latin word, should have been the origin of a name which 

 is found in a part of Wilts where Celtio designations are so numerous. 



