Culbeer
Early-attested site in the Parish of Offwell
Historical Forms
- Collabera 1086 DB(Exon)
- Collebere
- Collebare 13th ADi
- Colebere 1281 Ass
- Coulebeare t.Ed3 Ass
- Culbeer 1822 Lysons
Etymology
These two names may mean 'Col (l )a 's spring and wood,' v. wielle , bearu , but it is possible that the first element in both cases may be a river Coly as in Colyton supra 621. The places are actually on a small tributary now called Offwell Brook, but this may earlier have been known also as Coly. Cf. Ekwall RN 91.