Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Colingauuorde 1086 DB

• Culingeworth' 1208 Cur

• Cullingewrthe 1208 ib

• Cullingewurth 1236 Dugdv

• Culingwrthe 1180–4 YChvi

• Culingwrde 1207–27 YDi

• Culingworthe 1231 YDii

• Kulinguurd p.1234 YDi

• Kulingwrthe 1333 Riev

• Cullingw(u)rth(e), Cullingworth 1203–6 Riev c.1227,c.1230 YDi 1235 FF 1236 Kirklxvi,465 1259 Ass 1687 WYD

• Colingworth(e), Colyngworth(e) 1327 SR 1541 MinAcct 1543 Testvi

• Collingworth, Collyngworth 1379 PT 1543,1591 WillY

Etymology

'Enclosure of Cūla's folk' from an OE  Cūlinga -worð , with shortening of Cūl to Cul - (represented by Cul -, Col -) in the polysyllable.The basis of the folk-name Cūlingas is an OE  pers.n. Cūla , which is not recorded but appears to be the source of Cooling K 112 (Culingas BCS 326, Colinges DB), Culham O 150, and other p.ns. and is from a Germ  root kūl - 'swollen'. v. -ingas , worð .