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Survey of English Place-Names

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Coldbeck

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Caldbec(k) 1583,1585 PR 1729 PR(Mrl) 1751 PR(Ask)
  • Cawdbeck(e), Caudbeck(e) 1585,1677 PR
  • Cawldbeck(e), Cauldbeck(e) 1598–1678 ib

Etymology

, 1861 OS , Caldbec (k )1583, 1585 PR, 1729 PR(Mrl), 1751 PR(Ask),Cawdbeck (e ), Caudbeck (e )1585, 1677 PR, Cawldbeck (e ), Cauldbeck (e )1598–1678 ib (freq ) , ' cold stream ' , v. cald , bekkr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement