Coton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Coton
Historical Forms
- Cotis 1086 ICC 1345 CWool
- Cotys 1428 FA
- Cotes 1175–81 P 1428 ADiv
- Cotes al. Coton 1445 Elien
- Kotes 1198,1235 FF
- Kotis 1271 Ipm
- le Cotes 1302,1308 CCC
- Kotene, Kotene cruke c.1254 StCatharine's
- le Cotene, le Cotene weye 1293 StJohn's
- Coten(e) 1354 1404,1427 Cl
- Coton 1392 Pat 1578 Ely
- Coton al. Cotes 1476 Pat
- Cotin, Cotyn 1446 c.1470 ECP
- Cooton 1530 EAvii
- Cotton 1404 Cl 1553 Pat
- Cotton al. Cottes 1535 VE
Etymology
'The cottages,' v. cot(e). The earlier forms are from the strong, the later from the weak plural. Cf. Claycoton, Coton and Cotton (PN Nth 66, 67, 147) and Wicken infra 203. For cruke , v. krókr .