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.

Coleridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Egg Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Colrige 1086 DB
  • Colrig 1284 FA
  • Colrugge 1303 FA
  • Colrigge 1318 FF
  • Colrigge juxta Ekkebouklond 1323 Ass
  • Courig 1242 Fees776

Etymology

The first element is probably col, 'charcoal,' from its being burnt on this ridge. Cf. Coleridge infra 332.