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.

Colney Heath

Other OS name in the Parish of St Peters

Historical Forms

  • in bruera de Colne c.1275 ib
  • Colneyhethe al. Tytenhangrehethe 1427 Annales

Etymology

is in bruera de Colne c. 1275 ib., Colneyhethe al. Tytenhangrehethe 1427 Annales , v. Colne river and Tyttenhanger supra 2, 85 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement