Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cotes 1086 DB 1218 Ass

• Cotum c.1150,1154–79,1156–85,1160,1170,1180,1181–5,1187,1189,Hy2(e13) NCot 1190–1207 HarlCh c.1190 Dane 1212 Fees 1219 FF 1225 FineR 1345 Ipm

• Cottum l12(e13),1259,1260,eEd1 NCot

• Cotun c.1115 LS p1182 Dane 1185 P p1186,Hy2(e13) NCot 1203 P 1219 Ass 1290 RSu

• Cotuna c.1150,1153–4,1159–81,a1180,1201(e13) NCot a1183 Dane

• Cottuna Hy2 Ch 1292 NCot 1275

• Cotona 1159–81,eHy2,Hy2,1187(e13) NCot

• Cottona Hy2 Ch 1292

• Cottone 1211–2 RBE

• Cotoun 1354 Ipm

• Cothum 1197,1198 P

• Chotum (sic) eHy2 Dane

• Norcotum a1180 NCot e13

• Nuncottum 1268,1278 NCot

• Nunnecotum 1290 1291 Tax 1295 NCot 1308,1392 Cl

• Nuncotum 1275 RH 1326 NCot 1370 Inqaqd 1428 FA 1457 NCot

• Nonecotum 1307 Pat

• Nonncotum 1326 NCot

• Nune Cotum 1309 Ipm

• Nonne Cotum 1310 HarlCh

• Nunnecotom 1438 Cl

• Nuncotom 1428,1431 FA 1448 DCAcct

• Nuncottome 1519 DV

• Nunnecotun 1269 RRGr 1314 Pat

• Nunne Cotun 1298 Ipm

• Noncotun 1282 RSu

• Nuncotun 1368 Pat

• Nunne Coton 1303,1317 Pat

• Nunecoton 1361 Cl

• Nuncoton 1342 1346 FA 1360,1370 Pat 1401–2 FA 1404,1563 Pat

• Nuncotone 1440 Visit

• Nuncotton 1526 Sub 1535 VEiv 1553,1566 Pat

• Nonnecotton 1536–7 Dugdvi 1550 Pat

• Nonne Cotton 1553 ib

• Nonnecotham 1540 LPxi

• Nuncottham 1632 MiscDep

• Nuncotham 1635 Foster

• Nuncotham als Nuncotton 1639 ib

• Nun Cotham als Nun Cotton 1639 ib

• æt Lehcotum 852 ASCharters(S1440) 12

• Cotum 1066–8 ASWills 12

Etymology

'At the cottages, sheds or shelters', v. æt , cot . dat.pl. cotum , and for the variation in the forms, v. Ekwall, Studies3 31–2. It is Nun from the Cistercian Priory of Nuns founded c.1150. v. also FF ii, lxv and DB liv. Note also æt Lehcotum 852 (12) ASCharters (S 1440), Cotum 1066–8 (12) ASWills. Both have been tentatively identified with Nun Coton or Cotham, and the identification is reasonably certain.