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.

Collingtree

Major Settlement in the Parish of Collingtree

Historical Forms

  • Colentreu 1086 DB
  • Colentre 1216 ClR 1228 FF 1236 Fees 1264 ADvi 1369 ADiv 1587 BM
  • Colintrie 1162 P 1199 FF
  • Colintre 1203 FF 1398 Cl
  • Coluntre 1250,1274 Ipm
  • Colyngetre 1322 Cl
  • Colingtre al. Colintre 1322 Ipm
  • Colyngtre 1349 Ipm
  • Colyngtrough(e) 1367,1382 Cl
  • Colyngtrow(e) 1350 BM 1398 Cl
  • Colyngtrogh 1410 Cl
  • Colentrough 1675 Ogilby
  • Collingthright 1541 Statutes 1542 LP

Etymology

'Cola 's tree,' v. treow , with later inorganic ing for in , from en .

Places in the same Parish

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