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.

Colscott

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Putford

Historical Forms

  • Colscote 1330 SR
  • Colsouenescota 1086 DB

Etymology

If so, the meaning is 'Colswegen 's cot(e),' Colswegen being an Anglo-Scandinavian pers. name found already in Devon c. 1100 (Earle 263) in the form Colswein .Cf. also Colsweineston 1195 FF (Devon).