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.

Coddimoor (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whaddon

Historical Forms

  • Codimor c.1200 NLC 16th
  • Codesmor c.1200 AD
  • Cotesmor 1231 WellsR
  • Codemor 1291 Tax
  • Codimere Close 1547 L.iii.506

Etymology

OE  Codesmor or Codingmor , 'Cod's mor.' For such a personal name we may compare Alanus fil. Chod in Lincolnshire (Stenton, Danelaw Charters 308).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement