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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cole Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Wool

Historical Forms

  • Colewode 1452 Midd

Etymology

, 1640Weld 1 , 1682Weld 1 , l17Weld 1 , 1839TA , Colewode 1452Midd , v. wudu ; the first el . is uncertain , but it is possibly col 1 ' coal, charcoal ' in allusion to a wood where charcoal was burnt , cf. foll.