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.

Coates

Other OS name in the Parish of Whittlesey

Historical Forms

  • Cotes c.1280 ElyF
  • Cootes, Coats 1603 Survey

Etymology

is Cotes c. 1280ElyF , Cootes , Coats 1603Survey . ' Cottages , ' v. cot(e) .