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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cold Hiendley

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Could Heinley 1604 PRThl
  • Coldhindley als. Coldhinley 1605 FF
  • Cold Heenley 1817 M
  • Cold Heenley & Burnt Heenley 1849 TA

Etymology

, Could Heinley 1604 PRThl, Coldhindley als. Coldhinley 1605 FF, Cold Heenley 1817 M, Cold Heenley & Burnt Heenley 1849TA , of the same origin as Cold Hiendley i, 270supra , ' hind glade ' , v. hind , lēah , with cald ' cold, bleak ' as the affix , but it may be a transferred name .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement