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.

Collabear

Other OS name in the Parish of Tawstock

Historical Forms

  • Colebe(a)re 1292 Ass 1330 SR
  • Collebiare 1313 Exon

Etymology

is Colebe (a )re 1292Ass ,1330SR (p), Collebiare 1313 Exon (p) . ' Collar 's wood , ' v. bearu .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement