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.

Cowley Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wensley and Snitterton

Historical Forms

  • Collei 1086 DB
  • Colley(e) 1302 Ipm 1303,1312 FF 1314 WollCh 1586 FF
  • Coleye 1330 Ass

Etymology

Cowley Hall, Collei 1086 DB, Colley (e )1302 Ipm, 1303, 1312 FF, 1314WollCh et passim to 1586FF , Coleye 1330Ass . 'Clearing or wood where charcoal was burnt', v. col 1 , lēah , cf. Cowley supra 244.