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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cowlersley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Colresley(e) 1226 FF 1286 YI
  • Colleresley, Collereslay 1277,1308 WCR
  • Collersley, Collerslay 1362,1389,1504 DodsN 1439,1489 YDxii,250,304 1504 Ipm 1523 WB17

Etymology

Cowlersley, Colresley (e )1226 FF, 1286 YI (p), Colleresley , Collereslay 1277, 1308 WCR (p), Collersley , Collerslay 1362, 1389, 1504 DodsN, 1439, 1489 YD xii, 250, 304, 1504 Ipm, 1523WB 17. 'Charcoal-burner's clearing', from an unrecorded OE  colere and lēah ; the same first el. appears in Coverdale (Brogden) pt. vi infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name