Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• le Brokh 1360 ChRR

• Colbroke Mylne 1476 ChRR

• Colebrooke Jas1 Map

• Cole Brook 1751 Sheaf

• Coatbrook 1828 ib

• Cote Brook 1831 Bry

Etymology

( 109–5765 ) , le Brokh 1360 ChRR,Colbroke Mylne 1476 ChRR, Colebrooke Jas 1Map (LRMB 200),Cole Brook 1751 Sheaf, Coatbrook 1828 ib, Cote Brook 1831 Bry , now the name of a hamlet on the Rushton – Utkinton boundary , near Sandyford Brook 134 , for which it may represent another name , ' cool brook ' , from cōl 2 and brōc , the first el . having been replaced by cald ' cold ' . The mill appears to be Oulton Mill infra .