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.

Coltham Fields

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cheltenham

Historical Forms

  • Coldham, Coldhom 1372 MinAcct
  • Coldeham 1435 ib
  • (le) Coltham 1605 Comm
  • Cowltham 1606 AOMB

Etymology

Coltham Fields, Coldham , Coldhom 1372MinAcct , Coldeham 1435 ib, (le ) Coltham 1605Comm , Cowltham 1606AOMB . 'Cold water- meadow', v. cald , hamm .