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 Street

Other OS name in the Parish of St Stephens

Historical Forms

  • regiam viam que dicitur Colnee 1275 RH
  • Colneystrete 1477 Ct
  • Conystreete 1659 ParReg(Aldenham)

Etymology

is regiam viam que dicitur Colnee 1275 RH, Colneystrete 1477Ct ,Conystreete 1659 ParReg (Aldenham) , v. Colne river and WatlingStreet supra 2, 7 .