Cawkwell
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English ċealc (“chalk”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Cawkwell (countable and uncountable, plural Cawkwells)
- A hamlet in Scamblesby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2879).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cawkwell is the 7789th most common surname in England, belonging to 829 individuals.
References
[edit]- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cawkwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 306.
- Forebears