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.

East Coulston and West Coulston

Major Settlement in the Parish of East and West Coulston

Historical Forms

  • Covelestone 1086 DB
  • Coueleston 1206 Abbr 1332 SR
  • Cuuleston(e) 1086 DB 1242 Fees
  • Cuveleston(e) 1222,1255 FF
  • Cuveleston(e) juxta Devises 1304 Ass
  • Couveleston 1267 Ipm 1363 FF
  • Couleston 1316 FA
  • Coweleston 1484 Pat
  • Cowlyston 1512 Rental
  • West Cowlston 1632 Recov
  • Culston 1501 ECP
  • West Culston 1525 SR
  • Cowston 1613 FF
  • Cowlson 1637 Phillipps
  • Colson 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

'Cūfel 's farm,' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

None