Coskills
Other OS name in the Parish of Barnetby le Wold
Historical Forms
- Costels 1690 Terrier
- (the) Costales 1697 Terrier 1700 Terrier 1742 Terrier 1762 Terrier
- ye Costals, the Costals 1709 Terrier 1748 Terrier
- Costhills 1768 EnclA
- Casthills 1820 MiscDep
- Cottagers Coskills 1828 Bry
- Barnetby Gorse Hills 1824 O
Etymology
, Costels 1690Terrier , (the )Costales 1697Terrier , 1700Terrier , 1742Terrier , 1762Terrier , ye Costals , the Costals 1709Terrier et passim to1748Terrier , Costhills 1768EnclA , Casthills 1820MiscDep 240 ,Cottagers Coskills 1828 Bry. It is Barnetby Gorse Hills 1824 O . Earlier forms are needed to suggest a certain etymology , but the name may perhaps be comparable to Costall, Costoll PN O 437 , where other examples of the compound are quoted . The source would be OE cot-stall ' the site of a cottage ' , in the present case in the pl . The late spellings in -hills and Gorse Hills are obviously rationalisations .