English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Cold Comfort

Other OS name in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

  • Cold Hill 1689 Dowd
  • Cold Common 1777 M

Etymology

, 1779 Rudder , 1814Rogers , Cold Hill 1689 Dowd 204, formerly Cold Common 1777 M , ' so calledfrom its exposed situation ' ( Rudder 414 ) .