This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Calder,' from residence beside the Calder, one of the many rivers of that name.

Adam de Calder, 1179: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.

1711. Buried — Robert, s. John Calder: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1798. Married — Henry Calder and Hannah Henderson: St. George, Hanover Square.

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Calderwood,' i.e. the wood by the Calder, which see.

1789. Married — William Calderwood and Ann Sowersby: St. George, Hanover Square.

Hugh de Kaledouer witnessed a charter by William the Lion at Munros (Montrose), c. 1178—98 (RAA., I, 76), and the gift of a toft in Forfar to Willelmus de Haia by the same king (SCM., II, p. 304). In the same reign he granted forty acres in Buthyrgasc to the Abbey of Scone (Scon, p. 19), and witnessed a charter by Swan filius Thori (ibid., p. 18). Donald of Calder, lord of that Ilk, acquired half of Dolmaglas (Dunmaglas) in 1419 (Cawdor, p. 6—8) from William Meignes, being previously owner of the other half. Farchardus de Caldor was prebendarius de Crechmont, 1461 (REA., II, p. 91), and John Calder, Bute Pursuivant in 1589, appears again in 1591 as John Cadder (ER., XXII, p. 16,175). Calder and Caddell, Caithness surnames, are from Calder or Cawdor. Calder in Caithness" in its older form of Caldell, is of considerable antiquity, and in the middle of the seventeenth century few names in the county are of more frequent occurrence" (Henderson, Caithness families, p. 209). Johannes Cauder in Murthlac, and George Caulder in Petglasse appear in 1550 (Illus., II, p. 261). William Musgrave Calder, U. S. Senator, was grandson of Scots from Aberdeen.

From the ancient lordship and manor of the same name in Lanarkshire. Isabele de Calrewode of the county of Lanark rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 213). John de Calderwode witnessed an instrument of sasine in 1456 (Panmure, II, 238), Edward de Caldorwud had his pension of 20 marks and a croft of church land assigned to him at Cambuslang in 1458 (REG., 382), and Archibald Caldderwood was vicar of Cadder in 1509 (ibid., 489). David Calderwood (1575—1650), born probably at Dalkeith, was author of the History of the Kirk of Scotland (1678). Calderwoods were settled at Dalkeith in 1566 and were numerous in the parish in the seventeenth century (Colfness collections, p. 391). A pedigree of the Calderwoods of Polton from c. 1700 is given in the same work, p. 393. Caderwood 1650, Calderuod 1552, Calderuode 1554, Calderuood 1685, Calderwod 1504, Cawdirwood 1509.

(Celtic + Teutonic) belonging to Calderwood: v. Calder, and + English wood.

(English) Dweller at the wood by the Calder (violent stream), the name of several rivers in England.

signifying a wooded stream, is a name borne by several small rivers and streams, and by places on their banks in Scotland.

Local: from the village of Calder in Nairnshire. The family are descended from Hugh son of Alexander Calder, 1440.

Local: from the lands of Calderwood in the parish of Kilbride, Lanarkshire. The family were seated at Calderwood at a remote period. The last of the family were three brothers and a sister; and the former having quarreled with the priest of the parish fled to the Earl of Cassilis for protection, who gave them the farms of Peacockbank, and Moss-side, in the parish of Stewarton, and the Forty acre lands in Kyle. These three brothers were the ancestors of the present families of Calderwood. The sister remained in Kilbride, married a Maxwell, and became possessed of her father's estate.

Local. A river in Yorkshire, England. Calduor Gaelic and Welsh, the water that incloses or shuts in.

Local. The wood on the river Calder.

A location name in East Kilbride, Scotland.