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Survey of English Place-Names

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Collins Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Collin Plantation & Collin Dam Field 1848 TA

Etymology

, Collin Plantation & Collin Dam Field 1848TA , perhaps from dial . collin ' burnt-offfurze stump ' ( EDD s.v. colon ) , but the first el . may be the surname Collin (s ) ( Reaney 74 ) , v. damme .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site