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.

Cottesmore

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cottesmore

Historical Forms

  • Cottesmore 971–83 ASWills(S1498)
  • Cottesmor(e) 1202 FF 1206 P 1338 MiD 1352 Cl 1610 Speed
  • Cotesmore 1086 DB
  • Cotesmor(e) 1205 ClR 1208 ChR 1225 Cur 1400 Pat 1535 VE
  • Cod(d)esmor(e) 1217 ClR 1219 Bracton 1266 Pat 13 MiD
  • Cotsmore 1610 Speed 1640 FF 1684 Wright 1695 Map
  • Cottes hyrst 962 (10) BCS 1085 (S 703)

Etymology

'Cott's moor', v. mōr 1 , cf. Cotesbach Lei, Cottesbrook Nth. The OE  pers.n. Cott occurs in Cottes hyrst 962 (10) BCS 1085(S 703).