Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Colhulle 1341 Wim

• Colhill 1518 HarlRoll 1795 Boswell

• a hethe called Collehill, a hethe called Collehyll 1547 DLMB 1552 DLCt 1591 DLMB

• Colehill' 1578 Fry

• Cole Hill Lane 1591 DLMB

• the haithe called Colehill 1591 1654 Wim 1863 Hutch3

• Cole Hill 1811 OS

• Cole Hill Close & Cole Hill Plot 1847 TA

• Colleshill 1593 Hutch3

• Cole Hill 1847 TA

Etymology

The hill referred to is that NE of Wimborne M., called Cole Hill 1847TA , v. hyll . The forms are too late for any certainty about the first el., which could be col 1 'charcoal' or coll 'hill'.