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.

Colebrooke

Major Settlement in the Parish of Colebrooke

Historical Forms

Colebroc(h) t.Hy2 HMCiv,51 1291 Tax

Colbrok(e) 1280 Exon

Colbrok(e) juxta Crytton 1345 Ass

Etymology

'Cool brook' or 'Cola 's brook,' v. Collacott supra 50.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name