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.

Collick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leighton Buzzard

Historical Forms

  • Cochlake 1324 BHRSviii.42

Etymology

'Cock-stream,' because haunted by such, cf. cocbroc BCS 675.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site