Candlet near Felixstowe (TM 291 366) has not been explained, as far as I know.
Early forms (Arnott p. 39) are
Candelenta DB
Campdelent 1327
I have two theories, both proposing that this is a French name, imported by the Normans (the local baron was Vis de Lou 'wolf-face'; the surname Videlow still exists in Suffolk).
Theory 1
Champ dolent 'sorrowful field', or just 'cemetery'. There are many examples of this name in France; e.g. Champdollans, Camp Dolent, Champ-dolent. See Gendron p. 156. However, these all have -do-, not -de-, which makes me favour my second theory.
Theory 2
The name looks very like another common French type, e.g.
Canteleu
Chantelauze
Chantemerle
These mean 'call of the wolf' and 'song of the lark' and 'blackbird', or perhaps have been folk-etymologized as such from field-names originally in C(h)amp-.
Could Candlet be such a name, with -lent(a) being 'the duck' (OF anete)?
Keith
PS: many other examples of the animal-call type are given by Fabre:
Cantaussel (i.e. oiseau)
Cantalausa
Cantecoco
Cante-coucou
Cantecougol
Chantejal
Canteperdrix
Cantaloup (cf. the composer Canteloube)
Cantaronne
Chant-loup
etc.
References:
W G Arnott, The place-names of the Deben Valley parishes, 1946.
S Gendron, La toponynie des voies romaines et médiévales, 2006.
P Fabre, Noms de lieux de Languedoc, 1995.
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