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.

Cockington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cockington

Historical Forms

  • Chochintona 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Cochintone
  • Kokington c.1180 Oliver

Etymology

'Cocca 's farm,' v. ingtun and cf. Cocking (PN Sx 16) for the pers. name.

Places in the same Parish