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.

Cockermouth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cockermouth

Historical Forms

  • Cokyrmoth c.1150 StB
  • Cokirmowth c.1220 ib
  • Cokirmouth 1381 ADiii
  • Kokermue 1194 CartAnt
  • Cokermue 1247 FF 1277 CP
  • Cokermu 1310 Greenfieldiv
  • Cokermwe 1317 Ipm
  • Cocremuth' 1221 ClR
  • Kokermuth' 1260 Cl
  • Cokermuth 1278 Ass
  • Cokermouth' 1308 Netherhall
  • Cockermouth 1547 FF

Etymology

'Mouth of the river Cocker' (supra 9).