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.

Cold Grove, Cold Place

Early-attested site in the Parish of Suckley

Historical Forms

  • Coll Grove 1521 VCHiv.358
  • Colles Place 17th Hab

Etymology

Habington (i. 399) says that the estate took its name from the Colles family. They similarly gave their name to Coles Green in Leigh. Cold Place is also called Coal Place.

Places in the same Parish