Village of Old Coulsdon

The Naming of  Coulsdon
The name is thought to originate from the Saxon 'Cuthraed's Down', or 'Cuthraed's Dene'
Cuthraed was probably the King of the Kingdom of Kent
 who lived here in the 7th Century
SOURCE:
Charter documents from Chertsey Abbey
SOURCE:
The Domesday Book
SOURCE:
Legal Documents
675
Curedesdone
933
Cudredesdone
967
Cudredesdune
1062  
Cuthredesdune
1086
Colesdone
1190
Culesdon
1242
Cullisdon
1255
Culesdene
1270
Colendone
1279  
Kulisdon
1288
Collesdon
1323
Cullesdon
1324
Colleston
1346       
Coulesdon
1377   
Cullysdon
1482
Colynsdon
1489
Coylsdon
1557
Cowlesdon
1563  
Collysdon
1604  
Cowlsden
1610    
Couldisdon
1675      
Couldesdon
1678     
Culsdon
1724
Colsdon
1801 to today
Coulsdon

The correct way to pronounce the name is "COALSDON or COLESDON" not "COOOLSDON"

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