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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.

Colly Croft

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bedworth

Historical Forms

  • Calvecroft t.Hy2 Monast
  • Chelurecroft 13th ib
  • Calvercroft 1326 ADi
  • Collocroft 1720 FF
  • Colly croft 1725 B

Etymology

Colly Croft is Calvecroft t. Hy 2 Monast, Chelurecroft 13th ib., Calvercroft 1326 AD i, Collocroft 1720FF , Colly croft 1725 B.'Calves' field or paddock,' v. croft . The first form answers to the genitive plural c (e )alfa , the second to the more regular c (e )alfra , v. calf .

Places in the same Parish