Coldeast
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ilsington
Historical Forms
- Choleyest 1430 DuCo
- Coldyest 1452 MinAcct
- Coldeast 1609 DuCo
Etymology
This may be a compound of OE ceald , 'cold,' with dialectal chold in the first form and east , 'east,' with dialectal yest in some of the forms. No parallel for such a compound is known but the farm is in the east of the parish on land sloping down to the east.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bagtor
- Colesworthy
- Custreet
- Gavrick Copse
- Halford
- Hartford Fm
- Haytor
- Horridge
- Ingsdon
- Liverton
- Pinchaford
- Rora
- Sigford and Higher Sigford
- Staplehill