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.

Colham Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hillingdon

Historical Forms

  • Colanhomm 831 BCS400
  • Colnham 1211 RBE 1434 BM
  • Colneham 1593 N
  • Colehā 1086 DB
  • Coleham 1349 FF
  • Colham 1235 Ass
  • Collam c.1467 ECP
  • Collom 1523 FF
  • Collamgrene 1578 PCC
  • Colham garden, Colham parke 1592 Ct
  • Collumbe 1593 N
  • Collume Green 1670 ParReg

Etymology

'Cola 's hamm.' Although Colham is by the river Colne the first form shows that it cannot contain that word as first element.For Green cf. Roger de la Grene de Coleham (1294Ass ).