Etymology

Coulton

C3O1U1L1T1O1N1

Today it means: A village and civil parish (served by Gilling East with Cawton, Coulton and Grimston Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE634567). Full definition →

Old English col
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromcol“coal”
  2. English todayCoulton

Probably from Old English col (“coal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcol all →

coolcoalcoleColgateCowleyColburncoomColwichColwick

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.