Cadole

Cadole is a village in Flintshire, Wales. It lies west of Gwernymynydd and Mold (Yr Wyddgrug), south of Gwernaffield and to the east of the Clwydian Range, part of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1]

Cadole

A494 at Cadole
Cadole is located in Flintshire
Cadole
Cadole
Location within Flintshire
OS grid referenceSJ205624
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMOLD
Postcode districtCH7
Dialling code01352
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

The name appears as Cat-hole, Cat Hole and Cathole on eighteenth century maps, and the village was still known by this name in living memory. The Place-Names of Flintshire states that the name was deliberately changed to its modern spelling following the gentrification of the area, so that the name could be derived from the Welsh place name elements 'Cae' (field) and 'Dôl' (meadow). One reason often given for this deliberate change was that English incomers found the name Cat-hole (or its English homographs) to be unseemly.[2]

References

  1. Flintshire Conservation Areas, Flintshire County Council, retrieved 3 August 2009
  2. Owen, Hywel Wyn (2017). Place-names of Flintshire. Cardiff. pp. 37–38. ISBN 1786831112.
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