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.

Coldham

Other OS name in the Parish of Brewood

Historical Forms

  • Coldhome 1581,1660,1729 Ct
  • Colldome 1626 ParReg

Etymology

, 1834 O , Coldhome 1581, 1660, 1729Ct , Colldome 1626 ParReg , perhaps ' the cold dwelling ' , v. cald , hām , though the forms are too late for certainty .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement