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.

Cockhaise Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lindfield

Historical Forms

  • Cokehese 1279 Ass
  • Westcokehese 1305 Ass
  • Kokehuse 1296 SR
  • Cokehuse 1332 SR
  • Cokkese 1522 SAC50
  • Cockeys 1590 SRS14,121
  • Cokehayes 1636 SAC19,49

Etymology

v. hese . The first part may be the ordinary word cock or else the pers. name Cocca . For this pers. name, v. Cople (PN BedsHu 90).

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