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.

Colworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Oving

Historical Forms

  • æt Coleworð 988 KCD663 14th
  • Coleworþe 12th Box
  • Colewurth 1262 Ass
  • Coleworth 1288 Ass
  • Culewurth' 1230 P
  • Coldeworth juxta Ouuyngge 1280,1315 Ass

Etymology

'Cola's enclosure,' v. worþ .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement