Description
Grid reference: SW 86 61
Ecclesiastical parish. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Pydar. The parish is a United Benefice with St Columb Minor.
Hundred of Pydar. Colan civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Sanctus Culanus, 1201; Sanctus Colanus, 1205; Sancti Colani, 1291; Sien Colan, 1302; Sancti Colani, 1341-2, 1355; Sancto Colano, 1398; Colan, 1429, 1672; Litle Colan, 1694; Little Colan, 1759, 1884; Colan, 1884; St Colan, 1899; Colan, 1980, 1988; St Colan, 1997, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Sanctus Culanus : 1201
Sanctus Colanus : 1205
Sancti Colani : 1291, 1341-2, 1355
Sien/St Colan : 1302, 1899, 1997, 2009
Sancto Colano : 1398
Colan : 1429, 1672, 1884, 1980, 1988
Little Colan : 1694, 1759, 1884
References
Sanctus Culanus
Padel, 1988, citing from 1201
Sanctus Colanus
Padel, 1988, citing from 1205
Ecclesia Sancti Colani
In the Decanatus de Pydershire.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p470, citing from 1291
Sien Colan
Padel, 1988, citing from 1302
Sancti Colani
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1334, citing from 1341-2
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1436, citing from 1355
Sancto Colano
CRO, AR/4/53, 1398 (*)
Colan
Padel, 1988, citing from 1429
Donaldson, 1902, p376, citing from 1672
Litle Colan
CRO, GRA/225/6, 1694 (*)
Little Colan
CRO, GHW/10/1/1, c.1830s (*)
Little Colan
Colan
Symons, 1884
St Colan
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1625
Colan
Youngs, 1980, p60
Padel, 1988
St Colan
A United Benefice with St Columb Minor.
TDD, 1997, p21
Population 1,482.
TDD, 2009, p45