Coldeaton
Early-attested site in the Parish of Eaton and Alsop
Historical Forms
- Eitune 1086 DB
- Heitona 1175 P
- Eyton(e) 1240 FF 1251 Ch 1275 BelCh 1297 Ipm
- Eyton(e) iuxta Alsop 1475 BelCh
- Cold(e)eyton(e) 1269,1281 Ass 1321 Woll 1506 BelCh
- Cold(e)eyton(e) in pecco 1334 ib
- Caldeyton in the Peak 1324 Pat
- Ayton 1446 Woll
- Eaton 1573 HMC 1577 Saxton
- Cole Eaton 1651 ParlSurv
Etymology
'Island farm', v. ēg , tūn ; cf. Eaton Dovedale, Little and Long Eaton infra 550, 457, 458. The place is situated on a spur above the steeply-rising bank of the R. Dove overlooking a small island in the river. It is Cold from its exposed situation, v. cald . For the spelling Cole cf. Coal Aston supra 198.