Colden Common
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Hampshire
SU4822
otherwise: Colvedene, 1208-1245
COLDEN COMMON, common in Twyford, modern parish
A difficult name. The second element is Old English 'denu'='valley', presumably that to the NW of Owslebury, taken later as '-down' (1540) and '-end' (1759). The first may be a metathesized form of Old English 'clofa'='cleft', ie: hypothetical 'colfa.' The valley in question is steep sided and narrow.
