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Collow Pill

Other OS name in the Parish of Newnham

Historical Forms

  • ad Pullam c.1230 GlR
  • the Pille called Newneham 1583 Dep

Etymology

, 1830 M , ad Pullam c. 1230 GlR, the Pille called Newneham 1583Dep , v. pyll , here a creek or inlet of the Severn ; for collow ' coal-dust ' cf. Collafield (221infra ) , so described because the inlet was probably used for the shipment of coal from the Forest of Dean .