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.

Colesworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Feniton

Historical Forms

  • Kauleswrth 1219 Ass 1333 SR
  • Cauelesworth 1313,1314 Ass

Etymology

'Cāfel 's worpig.' The name Cāfel is probably a form blended from the recorded Cāfa and Cǣfel .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement