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.

Colaton Raleigh

Major Settlement in the Parish of Colaton Raleigh

Historical Forms

  • (of) Colatune, (of) Colatunes gildscipe 1072–1103 Earle
  • Coleton(a) 1086 DB
  • Coleton(a) Ralegh 1316 FA 1395 Exon
  • Coleton(a) Rayleghe 1378 Exon
  • Colyton Rawley 1680 Wills
  • Colinton 1230 Ch
  • Colletone 1280 Exon

Etymology

'Cola 's farm,' v. tun . Cf. Collacott supra 50. Wimundus de Ralegh held the manor in 1242 (Fees 783).