College Bridge, College Fm
Other OS name in the Parish of Thornton Curtis
Etymology
( 2x ) , cf. the Colledge Close 1687Yarb , College Close 1850TA , named after Thornton College , described in VCH ii , 237 as “ one of the short - lived foundations of King Henry VIII ” , which was supressed at the beginning of the reign of Edward VI , v. further ChantCert no . 124 . Note the references : the Colleige Churche of thornton 1545LNQ v , situm … nuper Collegii de Thorenton 1548Yarb , nuper Collegio de Thorneton 1549LindDep 78 , the Site of the late Colledge of Thornton 1553Yarb , the Colledge of Thorneton 1558 CA , Thornton nuper Collegium 1569 PrState , the late dissolued Colledge of Thorneton 1575Yarb , ye Colledge 1601Terrier , the Colledg c.1612ib , Thornton Coledge 1648 WillsPCC .