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Cavell was originally the name of a township in East Riding of Yorkshire. Its meaning was taken from Old English 'Cafeld' meaning a 'field of jackdaws'. In the Domesday Book it is spelt in a Norman variant as 'Cheuede', but later developed into Cavil. The Pipe Rolls record Thomas de Kauill in 1190 living in Yorkshire. Robert de Cavilla appears in the Hundred Rolls of Lincolnshire the following century. By the early modern period the name is also spelt Cavell and Cavill. Modern American English variants include using 'cavel' meaning to mine.[1]
People
Notable people with the given name include:
- Cavell Brownie, American statistician
Notable people with the surname include:
- Edith Cavell (1865–1915), British First-World-War nurse and spy
- Humphrey Cavell, Member of Parliament
- John Cavell, mayor of Oxford, England
- John Cavell (bishop), Anglican cleric
- Marc Cavell (disambiguation)
- Stanley Cavell (1926–2018), American writer and philosopher
Places
- Cavell, Arkansas, unincorporated community, United States
- Cavell Creek, Alberta, Canada
- Edith Cavell Bridge, Otago, New Zealand
- Mount Edith Cavell, Alberta, Canada
- Cavell Avenue, New South Wales, Australia
- Cavell Group, International research consulting
See also
- Elliston & Cavell, a former department store in Oxford, England
- Cavill (disambiguation), a related surname
References
- ^ Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith.
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