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.