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.

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).