Talk:Colliers Wood

message: Is it Collier's Wood, Colliers Wood, or Colliers' Wood? -- Zoe
The tube map has no apostrophe. -- Tarquin 23:23 Jan 1, 2003 (UTC)
Having lived there (for my sins), no apostrophe. It was a wood full of colliers and not a wood belonging to colliers. --Jm butler 16:02, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Just asking, but what's the difference between "a wood full of colliers", and "a wood belonging to colliers", with regard to an apostrophe? I see what Jm butler is getting at above, but I think either would indicate an apostrophe. Contemporary usage is another matter though, and I'm sure it's true that there's no apostrophe now. But! My point is that those colliers need mentioning in the article, regarding the etymology of the name. Or, does "Colliers" actually derive from some notable person, local or otherwise? Curious minds need to know - so they can put it in the article! ;o) Nortonius (talk) 11:45, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The colliers would have been charcoal burners, presumably living in huts in the wood and coppicing (but not that I have a reference for that). Man vyi (talk) 12:19, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Great! I was scratching my head a bit over those colliers - charcolliers seem obvious, now you mention them! There will be a ref somewhere I suppose - I've got a copy of Ekwall's English Place-Names, but Colliers Wood isn't listed. Presumably it's listed in the English Place-Name Society's Surrey volume, but I can't get sight of it for annoying, personal reasons - hey ho! Cheers. Nortonius (talk) 12:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have lived in Colliers Wood since 1988, and I used to religiously include the apostrophe (just like I used religiously to avoid splitting infinitives...) but now I don't bother.  The A-Z map (as seen on streetmap.co.uk) shows the suburb as Collier's Wood and the Tube station as Colliers Wood.  I've also heard that "Colliers" is about charcoal-making; I've never heard of a person with that name.  And as for the supermarket, which opened as a Savacentre soon after I moved here, it was claimed to be the largest in Europe at the time but certainly isn't now, as half of it's been converted into a Marks and Spencer.  Anyway, hope you like my new pic! Schmeditator (talk) 00:38, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
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