Colstrope
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hambleden
Historical Forms
- Coltthorp 1797 Desb
- Coltstrope c.1825 O
- Coldthorpe 1826 B
Etymology
'Colman's village or hamlet' v. þorp . There is no native pers. name Colman . Whatever the origin of Colman, the 7th cent. bishop of Lindisfarne, he came from 'Scotia,' and was indeed the spokesman of the Celtic party at the Synod of Streoneshalch. After him, the name is not found in English sources till DB. There are no English names compounded with Col -and there can be little doubt that Björkman was right in deriving the medieval English name Coleman from a Continental Germanic source.