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.

Colston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • Couleton 1345 DA
  • Coulaton 1400 BM
  • Cowlaton 1558–79 ECP
  • Coleton in parochia de Bukfastlegh 1463 FF

Etymology

v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement