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.

Coal Pits

Field in the Parish of Melbury Osmond

Historical Forms

1838 TA

Colputte 1322 CottCh

placeam terre apud Colput 1327 HarlCh

Etymology

Coal Pits(Colputte 1322, placeam terre apud Colput 1327, v. col1'charcoal', pytt)

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Melbury Osmond