Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Colleia 1173–80 AddCh

• Colleia, Collai c.1195 ib

• Collea 1224–5 Ass 1327 SR

• Celley 1284 Ass

• Colle 1341 NonInq

• Colye 1596 SpecCom

• Coley House 1790 Pride

• Coley House, Hill and Farm 1846 Snare

Etymology

Coley, Colleia 1173–80AddCh 19601 (p), Colleia , Collai c. 1195ib 7202 (p), Collea 1224–5Ass (p)et freq with variant spellings Collee , Colley (e ), Colleya to 1327SR , Celley 1284Ass , Colle 1341 NonInq, Colye 1596SpecCom , Coley House 1790 Pride, Coley House , Hill and Farm 1846 Snare, 'charcoal clearing', v. col 1 , lē(a)h, and cf. Cowley Db 244.