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.

Colgate

Other OS name in the Parish of Charlton Kings

Historical Forms

  • Collesyate (hill) 1606,1607 Dep
  • Colesgate bank 1844 TA

Etymology

, Collesyate (hill )1606, 1607Dep , Colesgate bank 1844TA , the ME  pers.n.Col (l )e , v. geat ' gate ' .