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.

Colebrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Plympton St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Colbroc t.Hy2 Oliver 1282 Ch 1328
  • juxta Plympton 1340 Ass
  • Colebrok 1281 Ass

Etymology

is Colbroc t. Hy 2 Oliver135, 1282 (1328) Ch, (juxta Plympton ) 1340Ass , Colebrok 1281Ass .