At 18:17 07/02/03 +0000, you wrote:
>I have been told that the place-name Coldharbour, meaning a shelter from
>(cold) weather, is often associated with Roman sites. The implication is,
>I suppose, that one or more Roman buildings at the site survived into the
>Saxon period and could be used for shelter. However, I have looked in
>several standard placename texts, Eckwall, Mills, Cameron and Gelling and
>find no mention of a possible Roman connection - does anyone know of any
>research on the topic?
>
>Ernie Pollard
Also look out for Caldecot and its variations (OE 'cot' evolves into ModE
'cottage' but in OE seems to denote a shelter).
The 'English Place Name Society Journal' Vol.31 (1998--9) p315--4 has an
article which argues for _calde cot_ being places denoted for outlaws. The
argument didn't really convince me but I'm no place-name expert!
The church at Caldecot in Rutland has Roman tiles in its walls so fits the
association with Roman ruins.
I'm not aware of any articles about the links between Coldharbours and
Caldecots with Roman ruins - but likewise I've not come across any one who
has strongly critiqued the idea. (But will be very interested if other
list members have come across any discussions of Cald- .)
Bob
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