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Cod Croft, 1803. 

 Coke Field, 1803. 

 (L) Cold Harbour Mead, 1808. It is impossible to enter here 

 into auy discussion on the vexed question of the derivation 

 of "Cold Harbour." Those who care to see into what 

 extravagancies philologists have rushed will find a good 

 summary in 'Notes and Queries,' 8th series, xii, 482. 

 I will here only point out that tlie name is one of a large 

 class into which the word " Cold " enters, e.g., Cold Norton, 

 Cold End, Cold Comfort, Cold Ford, etc. It also occurs in 

 (lermauy as " Kalte Herberge." Any theory which explains 

 one of these names must explain all. If the name merely 

 means "cold," how is it that it is sometimes spelled "Cole"? 

 The last word still remains to be said on this subject. 

 Cole Kings, 1854. 



Coleborne's Close, 1854. Nicholas Colebome, gent., was 

 buried in Watford Church in 1630. Nicholas C, a "beer 

 brewer," was man-ied in 1636 (H.G., i, 297); Christopher 

 C. was a cordwainer of Watford in 1633 (H.G., i, 289). 

 Coleman's Field, 1854. 

 (L) Cole's Bottom, 1854. 



(0) Colliers, 1854. An Andrew Colyer held land in Watford in 

 1456 (Reg. Whet., i, 223). 

 Colney Butts, 1608. The most obvious derivation is Colne-ey, 

 Colne isle, and we might compare Colney Street, London 

 Colney ; but in one or two of the old maps, e.g. Morden's 

 (1730), the word is spelt Col way, as if for Colne - way ; 

 lastly, in a deed of 1364, the river itself is called "the 

 Colneye" (Cuss., ' Cashio Hund.,' p. 137). 

 (0) Coteswyk Grove, 1456 (Keg. W^het., i, 223). 



Cowman's Field, 1803. Vide Blacksmith's Field, and p. 196. 

 (0) Cox's Mead, 1854. 

 Crail Field, 1803. 

 (L) Crane Hills, 1854. 

 Crown Field, 1854. 



Curst Hedge, 1854. Perhaps the same as Corsey Hedge, 

 1808; possiblv a corruption of causey, French chaussee, 

 which has itself been corrupted into causeway. 

 Cut Croft, 1854. Cut is used by Chaucer in the sense of lot 

 or portion. 

 (0) (Tommy) Deacon's Hill. Named after Thomas Deacon of 

 Wiggenhall, who was buried at Watford in 1780: the 

 family is a very old one ; a John Dekene of Watford is 

 mentioned between ll!6() and 1290 (Gesta, i, 480). 

 Deal Field, 1803. Probably A.S. dal, a dole or portion. 

 Dean Field, 1854. Z>^«^, a narrow valley. 

 Deer Spring, 1854. This is a narrow strip of plantation 

 separating Cashiobury Park from Grove Mill Lane. The 

 ownership of a certain deer-park in Shropshire carries witli 

 it the right of cutting timber for a space of five yards 



