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.

Cottenham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cottenham

Historical Forms

  • Cotenham 948 Crowland c.1366 LibEl p.981,c.1050,c.1071(12th) KCD907 c.1050 ElyM 13th InqEl c.1060 Pat 14th 1086 1500
  • Cotenham cum Westwyke 1316 FA
  • Cothenham c.1020 LibEl 12th ElyCouch c.1250
  • Cotheham 1218 SR
  • Coteham 1086 1315 Crowland
  • Koteham 1252 FF
  • Cotham 1086 InqEl
  • Cottham 13th Barnwell
  • Cottenham 1246,1458 FF 1549 Pat
  • Cottynham t.Hy8 Rental
  • Cotingham, Cotyngham 1272 Ass 1312 Seld33 1349 Pat 1461 FF
  • Cottingham(e) t.Hy8 Rental 1562 Christ's
  • Cot(t)nam 1511 CAPrxxxiv 1668 FF

Etymology

'Cotta 's hām.' Cf. Old West River supra 11.