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.

Colyton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Colyton

Historical Forms

  • Culinton(am) 946 Laws 12th
  • Colitona, Culitona 1086 DB
  • Culinton(a) 1086 BM c.1150 Launceston 14th P 1159 Pat 1229
  • Cullingthon' c.1225 HMCiv
  • Culigtun, Culitun 1193–1205 HMCiv
  • Kuleton 1219 Ass
  • Culliton 1356 Ass
  • Colintun 1219 Fees
  • Colinton 1220 Bracton 1230 Ch
  • Colyton 1292 Cl
  • Coulitone 1237–74 Exon
  • Cooliton 1590 DCoNQ4,143

Etymology

'Farm by the Coly river' supra 3, v. tun . For the in (g ) forms, v. Tavistock supra 217.