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.

Coldhams

Early-attested site in the Parish of Duxford

Historical Forms

  • Coldham c.1285 CaiCh

Etymology

Coldhams (6″) is Coldham c. 1285CaiCh . Cf. Coldhomcroft 1338 ib.'Cold enclosure,' v. cald , hamm .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement