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This article claims that he was born in Clevedon (which is supported by a reference to a book source to which I do't have access) however most of the sources I have looked at claim he was born in Kingsdown, Bristol. Can anyone resolve this?— Rod ^talk 10:40, 12 December 2015 (UTC) reply

I cannot find particular authoritative works that conclusively show that David was part of the name, it seems that it is possibly suspected, and that seems to be a more recent phenomenom, rather than of the time.

• DNB says nothing about "David", s:Coleridge, Hartley (DNB00)
• Alumni Oxonienses similarly s:Page:Alumni Oxoniensis (1715-1886) volume 1.djvu/298
• Baptism says Hartley (take place cautiously as it is 1813, and it may or may not be residential address at that time

Name: Hartley Coleridge
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1796
Birth Place: Westbury, Gloucestershire, England
Baptism: 30 Sep 1813
Event Type: Birth
Father: Samuel Coleridge
Mother: Sarah Fricker
Piece Title: Piece 4662: Dr Williams' Library Registry, Birth Certificates, 1812-1817

• 1841 census says Hartley
• Death registration says Hartley

— billinghurst sDrewth 10:32, 5 June 2018 (UTC) reply