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.

Collingsdown

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckland Brewer

Historical Forms

  • Cullyngesdon(e) 1383 FF 1443 IpmR
  • Colyngsdowen 1563 FF

Etymology

is Cullyngesdon (e )1383FF ,1443 IpmR, Colyngsdowen 1563FF . ' Culling 's hill , ' v. dun . The name may be of OE or ME origin .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement