Coleshill

English

Etymology

From an unclear first element + Old English hyll (“hill”).

Proper noun

Coleshill (countable and uncountable, plural Coleshills)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU9495).
   2. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU2393).
   3. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2089).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Coleshill is the 16878^th most common surname in England, belonging to 293 individuals.

See also

• Colehill

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Coleshill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 354.
• Forebears