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.

Culleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Frithelstock

Historical Forms

  • Colelia 1086 DB
  • College 1228 FF
  • Collegh 1330 SR
  • Culelegh 1238,1244 Ass
  • Kolleleg' 1242 Fees795
  • Colelegh 1275 RH 1303 FA

Etymology

'Cool leah,' or 'Cola 's leah,' v. Collacott supra 50. There is no stream here.

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Places in the same Parish