English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Weston Colville

Major Settlement in the Parish of Weston Colville

Historical Forms

  • (oð) West tuniga gemæra 974 BCS1305
  • Westona 1086 ICC
  • Westune 1086 InqEl
  • Westone 1086 DB, InqEl
  • Weston(e) 1176 P
  • Weston(e) Coluyle 1236 Lewes
  • Weston(e) Coleuill' 1285 Ass
  • Westone cum Parva Carletone 1316 FA
  • Westone juxta Westerattyng 1423 FF
  • Westone Shrubb 1641 Colexviii
  • Westone Couell 1645 Blaeu
  • Westkoleville 1324 Ipm
  • Westcolvill 1327 ib
  • Coleville (1203 Cur)

Etymology

'West farm,' v. tūn . West , probably because west of Carlton.Colville from the family of William de Coleville (1203 Cur).