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.

Cotesfield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartington Middle Quarter

Historical Forms

  • Cotes 1247 AddCh
  • grange of Cotes 1254 Misc
  • grangia de Cotes 1254 Cl
  • le Cotes 1265 Ch 1331 Tax 1291 DuLaMB 1415
  • Cotesfeld(e) 1541,1547,1555 Lanc
  • Cotts Graunge 1555 ib
  • Coatsfelde House 1560 ib

Etymology

Cotesfield, Cotes 1247AddCh , grange of Cotes 1254 Misc, grangia de Cotes 1254 Cl, le Cotes 1265 (1331) Ch, 1291 Tax, 1415DuLaMB , Cotesfeld (e )1541, 1547, 1555 Lanc, Cotts Graunge 1555 ib, Coatsfelde House 1560 ib, Cotesfeilde 1617 Hard. Originally 'the cottages', v. cot , with feld later added. The grange formerly belonged to Combermere Abbey, v. grange .