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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cotter Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Breadsall

Etymology

Cotter Wood (6″), cf. Cothalh c. 1237 DbA xvi(p), Cothale 1303 ib (p), 1321 ib, 1328 SR (p), c. 1338 DbA xvi, 1348, 1351 Pat, Cothalle 1330Ass , Cotters 1817EnclA . 'Nook of land with a cottage', v. cot , halh .