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Coal Pit Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Colpothsthoc, Colpot(h)schoglandes 13 Font
  • Colpothschotlandes e.13 ib
  • Colpothscogh 1259 ib

Etymology

, 1844TA , Colpothsthoc , Colpot (h )schoglandes 13Font, Colpothschotlandes e. 13 ib, Colpothscogh 1259 ib , v. col 1 ' coal, charcoal ' , potte ' deep hole, pit ' , skógr ' wood ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site