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.

Cockshutts

Early-attested site in the Parish of Felley

Historical Forms

  • Kocsetedale 13th Felley
  • Ye Kocshote Hill c.1500 Map

Etymology

Cockshutts (6″) is Kocsetedale 13thFelley , Ye Kocshote Hill c. 1500Map . 'Corner of land into which woodcock were driven,' v. cokshete infra 278 and dæl .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Other OS name