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.

Collipriest

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tiverton

Historical Forms

  • Colliprist 1643 FF
  • Coleprust 1310 Exon

Etymology

This surname may be an early parallel to the term cole-prophet , 'deceptive prophet' which is recorded from More in the 16th cent. (v. NED s. v .).