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Survey of English Place-Names

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Colt Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Cowthouse 1577 Holinshed
  • Coulthouse 1685 Yorke

Etymology

, 1656Yorke , 1771 M , Cowthouse 1577Holinshed, Coulthouse 1685Yorke , v. colt ' a colt ' , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site