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.

Colthrop

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thatcham

Historical Forms

  • Colethrop' 1220 Fees 1242–3 Fees
  • Coldrop, Coltthrorp 1284 Ass
  • Coldrop 1294 SR
  • Coldthrop 1327 ib
  • Colthrop 1402 AD
  • Coulthroppe 1618 PubLib
  • Coldthorp, Coldrop Farm 1761 Rocque

Etymology

'Cola's hamlet', v. þrop . Some of the forms suggest association of the first el. with the word cold .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement