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Cole's Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Yetminster

Etymology

, cf. Collyshey 1425 Hutch3 , Coleshayes 1673Batten , Cowles Oke 1598Gough , ten ' voc ' Coles 1611Rent , 'Coles meadow '1671SalisT , 1840TA , 3 closes called Coales 1650ParlSurv , all from the surname Cole and to be associated with the group of Coles f. ns . in Ryme par . supra , v. (ge)hæg , āc ; Cole 's Lane crosses the Yetminster - Ryme par . bdy in the NE of the par .