Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cowlane 1529,1550 ChRR 1574,1727 Wil

• Colelanne 1549 Pat

• Coole lane c.1550 Surv 1590 Sheaf

• Cool(e) alias Cool lane, Cool(e) alias Cowlane 1624,1692,1693 Wil

• Cool Lane within the parishes of Audlem and Wrenbury 1749 ib

• Colane 1560 Chol 1562 Sheaf 1566 ChRR

• Coolane 1581 Sheaf 1589 Wil 1760 et freq

• Coole alias Coolane 1626 Sheaf

• Coolane in Wrenbury 1646 Orm2

• Collone 1639 Chol

Etymology

'Lane at Coole', from lane and Coole supra . Coole Pilate, Coole Hall Fm and Coole Lane comprise a district of about four square miles in this and Newhall townships, v. 102supra , partly in Acton, Audlem and Wrenbury parishes. It would seem the whole area comprised the 'forest' or 'wood' of Coole in the earlier references under Coole Pilate supra . The p.n, Coole is 'cow hill', from cū and hyll , [kuːhyl, kuːhul] > [kuːil, kuːul] > [kuːəl] > [ku:l], with lēah 'a clearing, a wood', whence the old forms Cowle (e ), Cou (e )l (l )e (e ), [ˈkuːəl ˈlɛi] > [kuːlɛi]. The suffix Pilate is pil-āte 'pill oats', presumably from their being grown there. It distinguishes that part of Coole which is not included in Newhall township.