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.

Colkett's Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wichenford

Historical Forms

  • Coldecote 1275,1327 SR
  • Coldcot c.1830 O
  • Calketts 1892 Kelly

Etymology

'Cold or exposed cottages,' v. ceald , cot . Almost certainly only pseudo-manorial.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement