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.

Coleton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brixham

Historical Forms

  • Coletona 1086 DB
  • Colet(h)on' 1242 Fees767 1303 FA
  • Colton 1285 FA
  • Coleton Fischacre 1341 Ipm

Etymology

'Col (l )a 's farm,' v. tun . Egidius de Fyssacre held the manor in 1303 (FA).