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.

Cosgate Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Countisbury

Etymology

The final element is clearly geat referring to an Exmoor Forest boundary gate. The first part of the name is obscure, but may contain the Celtic cors , 'bog, marsh,' cf. Coarsewell infra 285.

Places in the same Parish