English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

The Cockle Sands

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • The Cockle Sands 1595 FMap

Etymology

The Cockle Sands 15951(self-explanatory; it was in the east of the parish by the sea)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement