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.

Cogges

Early-attested site in the Parish of Witney

Historical Forms

  • Coges 1086 DB
  • Kogis 1195 FF
  • Cogges 1201–3 Eynsh
  • Koges 1253 FF
  • Kogges 1285 Ass
  • Coggis 1428 FA
  • Coggys 1517 DInc
  • Cogas c.1160,1172–90 Eynsh 1166 Frid c.1425
  • Cokes 1200 Cur
  • Coghes 1216 Cl 1246 FF
  • Gogges 1285 Ass
  • Coggs 1526 LS

Etymology

Ekwall (DEPN) suggests that the name is the plural of an OE  *cogg , identical with ME  and Modern cog , 'cog of a wheel,' and meaning 'hill.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement