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.

Colne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Colne Engaine, Earls Colne, Wakes Colne, White Colne

Historical Forms

  • (at) Colne c.950(14th),c.1000(11th),1045(14th) ASWills
  • Colū, Colun 1086 DB
  • Colun t.Hy1 Colne 1202–20 FF 1321 Dugdiv
  • Coles 1086 DB 1154–89 Abingdon
  • Colas 1100 1111 Dugdiv
  • Cola 1100–35 Abingdon t.Hy1 Colne
  • Colum 1100,1189 Abingdon 1135–54 Colne 1223–30 Bracton 1224–5 FF 1308–9 Londin
  • Columb' 1254 Ass
  • Colme 1493–1500 ECP
  • Calna 1159 P
  • Culum 1230 Bracton
  • Cul(u)n 1248 Ass 1263 Ipm
  • Colney 1508 FF
  • Coolne 1518 LP

Etymology

Named from the River Colne supra 5.

Places in the same Parish

None