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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wodekocshotes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Caldbeck

Historical Forms

  • Wodekocshotes 1318 MinAcct

Etymology

This is (wood) cockshot, the earliest reference to which word given in NED is dated 1530.