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.

Cookham Hundred

Hundred in the County of Berkshire

Historical Forms

  • Cocham 1190,1194 P 1275–6 RH
  • Chokeham 1192 P
  • Cokeham 1193 1413 Fine
  • Kokam 1241 Ass
  • Cogham 1275–6 RH
  • Cokham 1284 Ass 1310 Fine 1316 FA
  • Coukham 1327 SR 1339 Fine

Etymology

Named from the royal manor of Cookham (79–80).

Parishes in this Hundred