 :::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.   