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.

Colwill

Other OS name in the Parish of Egg Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Colewell, Colewill 1281 Ass
  • Colevill 1336 Ipm

Etymology

is Colewell , Colewill 1281Ass (p), Colevill 1336 Ipm . v. Collacott supra 50 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement