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.

Coldharbour

Other OS name in the Parish of Stanton St Gabriel

Historical Forms

  • Cold Harbour Farm 1840 TA

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Cold Harbour Farm 1840TA , Cold Arbour TAMap , ' cold shelter ' from OE  cald and herebeorg , probably a derogatory name for a cheerless dwelling .