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.

Colewick

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Johns in Bedwardine

Historical Forms

  • Colewiche 1182 RBB 18th
  • Colewic, Colewyk(e) 1232 Ch 1238 FF 1275 Ass 13th WoCh 1299 RBB 18th Pat 1310
  • in manor of Wyke 1331 Pat 1344 FF

Etymology

'Cola 's dairy-farm,' v . wic.