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.

Cold Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • Collewelle(sik') e.13 Nost39
  • Collewellelie (sic for Collewellesic) 13 WYD

Etymology

, Collewelle (sik ')e. 13Nost 39, Collewellelie (sic for Collewellesic )13 WYD , ' Kolli's well ' from the ON  pers.n. Kolli ( cf. Feilitzen217–18 ) , wella , sīc ' stream ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement