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Cookspit Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Acton

Historical Forms

  • Cocks Pit 1831 Bry
  • Cookspit 1842 OS
  • Cook's Pit 1842 TAMap

Etymology

, [ ˈkukspit ] , Cocks Pit 1831 Bry, Cookspit 1842 OS,Cook 's Pit 1842TAMap . It is probably ' a cockpit ' , from cocc 2 and pytt , cf. cockpit , with a popular association of ' cock's pit ' with ' cook's spit ' . The name appears in f. ns . , e.g. 125 supra , 2 289 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site