Coleridge

Coleridge
Recorded in many spellings including Coldridge, Coleridge, Coldrick, Couldridge and others, and much associated with the famous poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge of Oteery St Mary, in Devonshire, this is an English surname. It is pre medieval in origin, and residential. It derives from the pre 7th century word "col", meaning charcoal, and "hrycg", a ridge, hence "The ridge where charcoal was made". No such place seems to exist or indeed has existed in the past three centuries, but this is not unusual, at least three thousand surnames of the British Isles originate from places which are now totally lost, and more are discovered almost on a daily basis. The surname dates back to the 13th century (see below), and other early recordings include Richard de Colrugge in the Hundred Rolls of landowners of Berkshire in 1273, Edward and Elizabeth Coleridge, who were christening witnesses on March 13th 1687 at St. James Clerkenwell, in the city of London, and Sarah Colridge, who married William Pearce on April 21st 1799 at St. George's in the East, Stepney. During the Middle Ages, when it was increasingly common for people to migrate from their birthplace to seek work further afield the custom developed that they would adopt their place of origin as a means of identification. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Crispianus de Colrigge. This was dated 1273, in the Hundred Rolls of Devonshire, during the reign of King Edward 1st, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • COLERIDGE (S. T.) — Poète, philosophe, dramaturge, traducteur, journaliste, prédicateur, critique, théoricien de la religion, de la culture et de l’État, Coleridge est l’une des plus riches figures du renouveau romantique anglais. Porte parole du sursaut idéaliste… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Coleridge — may refer to: People Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), English poet and philosopher Coleridge (surname), other people with the surname Coleridge Places Coleridge, Cambridgeshire, a ward in the City of Cambridge Coleridge, Nebraska, a village… …   Wikipedia

  • Coleridge — ist der Name folgender Personen: Hartley Coleridge (1796 1849), englischer Dichter John Coleridge, 1. Baron Coleridge (1820–1894) britischer Anwalt, Richter und Politiker Mark Coleridge (* 1948), australischer Geistlicher, Erzbischof von Canberra …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Coleridge —   [ kəʊlrɪdʒ],    1) Samuel Taylor, englischer Dichter, Literaturkritiker und Philosoph, * Ottery Saint Mary (bei Exeter) 21. 10. 1772, ✝ London 25. 7. 1834, Vater von 2); studierte Griechisch, Medizin und Philosophie in Cambridge, wo er sich… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Coleridge — Coleridge, NE U.S. village in Nebraska Population (2000): 541 Housing Units (2000): 267 Land area (2000): 0.495561 sq. miles (1.283497 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.495561 sq. miles (1.283497 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Coleridge, NE — U.S. village in Nebraska Population (2000): 541 Housing Units (2000): 267 Land area (2000): 0.495561 sq. miles (1.283497 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.495561 sq. miles (1.283497 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Coleridge — (spr. Kohlridsch), 1) Samuel Taylor, geb. 1772 zu Ottery St. Mary bei Bristol, Sohn eines Predigers, studirte in Cambridge. In Verbindung mit Southey u. Robert Lowell beschloß er, von den damals herrschenden Freiheitsschwindel ergriffen, die Welt …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Coleridge — (spr. kōlriddsch), 1) Samuel Taylor, engl. Dichter, Kritiker und Theolog, der originalste Reformator der englischen Poesie zur Zeit der französischen Revolution, geb. 20. Okt. 1772 zu Ottery St. Mary in Devonshire, wo sein Vater Prediger war,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Coleridge — (spr. kohlridsch), Samuel Taylor, engl. Dichter und Philosoph, geb. 20. Okt. 1772 zu Ottery St. Mary, gest. 25. Juli 1834 zu Highgate; gehörte zur sog. Seeschule; sein Meisterwerk die Ballade »Rhyme of the ancient mariner« (deutsch von… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Coleridge — (Kohlridsch), Samuel Taylor, geb. 1772 in Devonshire, anfangs Freiheitsschwindler, später entschiedener Tory; zeigte er als Dichter viel Phantasie, aber keine Klarheit in Gedanken und Gefühlen. Er war Kenner der deutschen Literatur, übersetzte… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Coleridge — Coleridge, Samuel Taylor …   Philosophy dictionary

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