wrong way, or contrary. It has been suggested that when slate had been quarried in Collyweston, they sold the nice even pieces but used the crooked poorer-quality pieces for their own homes. Hence, the village rooftops were especially disordered. In the northern US, the term 'galleywest' is widely held by their dictionaries to be a derivative of 'collywest'. See also Collyweston stone slate RAF Collyweston References External links Collyweston Quarries Nature Reserve Parish Council Civil parishes in Northamptonshire Villages in Northamptonshire Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire