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.

Cookworthy, Higher and Lower

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lifton

Historical Forms

  • Kokewrthy 1238 Ass
  • Cokewurthi 1244 Ass
  • Cokeworthe 1308 Exon
  • Cokeworthi 1330 SR
  • Cockewrthi 1238 Ass
  • Cookeworthy al. Cockworthy 1690 Deed
  • Nitheracokaworthi 1299 DA

Etymology

'The worðig of Coc (ca ).' Cf. Cockbury (Gl), BCS 246 Coccanburh .