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.

Colways

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashleworth

Historical Forms

  • Colewey 1221 Ass

Etymology

, 1830 M , Colewey 1221Ass (p) , probably ' road along which coal was carried ' , v. col , weg , cf. Collway (248infra ) .