English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Cold Stones, Cold Stones Fold

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Caldestanes 1198 Fount 1317 Font
  • Kaldestaines 1225 ib
  • Cald(e)stanfald(houses) 1308 Font 1457 FountBurs
  • Calstenfold 1496 FountRent
  • Calstaynefald 1535 VE
  • Cawd(e)stone(s) 1576 Wheater 1767 Comm
  • Cawd(e)stone(s) Fawde 1552 WillY
  • Coldstone(s) 1637 Yorke 1771 M
  • Coldstone(s) fold 1615 Yorke

Etymology

'Bleak, exposed crags', v. cald , stān (ON  steinn), fald 'a fold, enclosure'.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement