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.

Coldwell Head Plant

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Wharfe

Historical Forms

  • Coldwellhead 1672 PRSxt
  • Caudale Head 1687 ib
  • Cadwell Wood 1850 TA

Etymology

. , Coldwellhead 1672 PRSxt, Caudale Head 1687 ib, Cadwell Wood 1850TA , ' cold spring ' , v. cald , wella .