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.

Cudnor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westham

Historical Forms

  • Coonare 1086 DB
  • Cuthenouere 1279 Ass
  • Cudenovra 13th SAC35,120
  • Cudenore 13th SAC35,120
  • Cudnor(e) 1527 SAC45,164
  • Codenore 1331 Ipm
  • Cotnor 1590 CplM
  • Cotnoor 1638,1642 CplM
  • Cudnow Brook c.1840 TA

Etymology

'Cūða 's bank or shore,' v. ofer .