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.

Colyford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Colyton

Historical Forms

  • Culyford 1244 Ass 1263 Misc
  • Culiford 1274 Ipm
  • Culliford 1356 Ass 1675 Ogilby
  • Coleford 1275 RH
  • Coliford Burgus 1495 BM
  • Colyvert 1538–44 ECP8,134

Etymology

'Ford over the Coly river.'