44 Gleanings from the Wiltshire Domesday. 



Alwin ") These are two forms of the same name, — the one slightly 

 Elwin J contracted gives us Allen, — the other is preserved in an 



almost unaltered form, in Elwyn. 

 Alberic ; — hence probably comes the name, so well known to all 



Wiltshire antiquaries, — Aubrey. 

 Alnod a These names, which are but different forms of one and 

 Elnod j the same, seem now to be represented by that of Allnut. 

 Chetel ; — in almost its original form this name, as Chettle, 

 may be seen over a respectable draper's shop in Trowbridge. 

 From the word as first pronounced, with the hard " ch 33 

 (kh), we may perhaps have the name Keddle ; and, as 

 derivatives, Kettlety or Kittelty, (in an abbreviated 

 form, Ketley), the last three being very commonly met 

 with in Wilts. 



Collinc ; — Alward Collinc (one of the very few instances in the 

 Exchequer Domesday of a surname) held, Cuntjche 

 (Knook, a chapelry now of Hey tesbury) , W. Domesd. 133. 

 The modern equivalent is Collings. 



Colstan j — the name Colston is known in Wiltshire as well as 

 in Bristol. I presume that Kelston, and, it may be 5 

 Kelson, are but modified forms of the same. 



Escuet-n From these, which seem different forms of the same 



Scudet J word, we have the name Scutt. 



Elmar From these, it may be, are derived the names Aylmer, 

 Almar J and Helmore. 



Gozelin ; — this may fairly be deemed, at all events, one source of 

 the name Gosling ; showing us that we must not always 

 jump at conclusions hastily as to the origin of names, 

 and that it is not necessary to trace this one to the 

 offspring of a silly bird. 



Godwin ; — a very common Wiltshire name. Our country folk 

 commonly pronounce it God'in, and, with that remarkable 

 tendency that most I dare say have noticed of putting an 

 " s" at the end of certain words (as, e.g., Cottle-s for 

 Cottle) , also God-ins. From this latter form the transition 

 is easy enough to Giddings, originally perhaps in some 



