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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.

Shiphay Collaton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cockington

Historical Forms

  • Coletona 1086 DB
  • Coletone 1301 Exon
  • Collaton Shephay 1697 FF

Etymology

'Col (l )a 's farm,' v. tun . It is distinguished from the other Devon Collatons by its adjacency to Shiphay Ho infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement