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.

Cottisford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cottisford

Historical Forms

  • Coteford 1081 Ord mid12th RH 1278–9
  • Cotesforde 1086 DB
  • Cottesford 1242–3 Fees 1428 FA 1504 AD
  • Cotisford 1312 Cl 1675 Ogilby
  • Cottisford 1797 Davis
  • Codeffordia 1224 Bract
  • Coddeford 1225 FF
  • Codeford 1232 Cl
  • Codesforde 1224,47 FF
  • Coddesforde 1227,47 FF
  • Coddesford 1230 Cl
  • Kodesford 1253 FF
  • Codesford 1285 Ass
  • Godesford 1254–5 RH

Etymology

'*Cott 's ford.'

Places in the same Parish