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.

Coulby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stainton

Historical Forms

  • Colebi 1086 DB
  • Colleby a.1135 Whitby 1295 YI 1310 Ch
  • Colby 1292 Heal 1416 YI

Etymology

'Kolli's farm' from the ON  pers. name Kol (l )i (LindN), found also in the Dan place-name Kulby (Nielsen), and by .

Places in the same Parish