Codnor
Major Settlement in the Parish of Codnor and Loscoe
Historical Forms
- Cotenoure 1086 DB
- Coddenoura 1182 P
- Coddenhouere John BelCh
- Codden(h)overe 1236,1243 Fees
- Coddenor(e) 1401 Fine 1509 Middleton
- Codenoura, Codenov(e)r(e), Coden(h)ou(e)r(e), Codenor(e) 1182,1183,1184,1185,1186,1187,1188 P 1212 RBE 1225 Darley 1519 DbAxix
- Codno(u)r(e) 1316 Inqaqd 1401 WollCh 1437 BelCh 1439 WollCh
Etymology
'Cod(d)a's ridge', v. ofer 2 . This unrecorded OE pers.n. is well evidenced in p.ns., cf. Codford (PN W 164), Cotheridge (PN Wo 116–7).