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 Bed

Other OS name in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • Colbed 1480 SpfCt

Etymology

, 1817 M , Colbed 1480SpfCt , the first el . is ambiguous , but since bedd ' bed ' is usually combined with plant - names it may be cāl , ME  cole , ' cole, cabbage ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name