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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.

Collinfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Collingfield 1623,1627 PR(K)
  • Collinfeild, Collinfield 1627 1670 CliffordL 1777 M
  • Collyng(s), Collin 1537–1556 Kendi,81–2,85,90–1 1587 PR(K)

Etymology

Collinfield, Collingfield 1623, 1627 PR(K), Collinfeild , Collinfield 1627 ib, 1670 CliffordL, 1777 M, named from the local family of Collyng (s ), Collin 1537–1556 Kend i, 81–2, 85, 90–1, 1587 PR(K), cf. Cowen Head (i, 153infra ), v. feld 'open land, open field'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement