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.

Colden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Coldenynge 1439 Rent
  • Coldenstokkbridge 1514 HfxWill
  • Colden 1521 HfxWill 1571 Ct 1587 WillY 1648 PRHept
  • Colden Banck 1575 Ct

Etymology

Colden, Coldenynge 1439 Rent, Coldenstokkbridge 1514 HfxWill, Colden 1521 HfxWill, 1571 Ct, 1587 WillY, 1648 PRHept, Colden Banck 1575 Ct. Probably 'cold valley', v. cald , denu , or 'valley where charcoal was burnt', v. col 1 . The material is too late to be decisive. The affixes are eng 'meadow', 'log bridge' (v. stocc , brycg ), and banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement