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Survey of English Place-Names

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Coltstaple Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Horsham

Historical Forms

  • Colstap(o)le 14th Bodl108 1400 IpmR 1412 FA 1650 SAC24
  • Collestaple 1422 IpmR
  • Coulstaple 1650 SAC24
  • Coldstaple 1823 G

Etymology

No certainty is possible. It may be from OE  Colles-stapol , 'the boundary-mark or the like of one Coll,' v. stapol .