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.

Cocking

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cocking

Historical Forms

  • Cochinges 1086 DB
  • Chockinges 1186 P
  • Cokinges 1189 P
  • Kokinges 1261 Ass
  • Cockinges c.1280 Perc
  • Cokkyngges 1284 Ipm
  • Kocking' 1199 Cur

Etymology

'Settlement of Cocca 's people,' v. ing and PN in -ing 56.

Places in the same Parish