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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cockshutt's Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beauchief

Historical Forms

  • Kok(e)s(c)hit(e), Kocs(c)hit(e), Coks(c)hit(e), Coks(c)hete Hy3,Ed1,1312 Beau
  • Cockshutt Farm 1743 ShefAC

Etymology

Cockshutt's Fm (6″), Kok (e )s (c )hit (e ), Kocs (c )hit (e ), Coks (c )hit (e ), Coks (c )hete Hy 3, Ed 1, 1312Beau , Cockshutt Farm 1743ShefAC . 'Corner of land into which woodcocks were driven', v. cocc-scīete.