Coton in the Elms
Major Settlement in the Parish of Coton in the Elms
Historical Forms
- Cotuhalfne 942 Peniarth 13th
- Cotune 1086 DB
- Coton 1295 Ipm 1344 DbCh 1345 Cor 1347 DbCh 1355 Pat
- Coton al' Cotes 1569,1570 FF
- Cotton als Coote 1569 DbAxxvii
- Coten(e) 1243 Fees 1304,1316 DbCh 1372 Cl
- Cotum 1354 Cl
- Kotes, Cotes, Cotis 1086 DB late12th StoweCh e.13th Gresley 1210–2 RBE 1211–3 Fees 1284–6 FA
- Coates 1292 Ch
Etymology
There were clearly two forms of this name, one 'at the cottages', v. cot (dat.sg. cotum ), -um , the form which survives and the other 'the cottages' from the nom.pl. of cot . The form Cotuhalfne is presumably 'half of Coton'.