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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cockwell Coppice

Early-attested site in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Historical Forms

  • Cokwell' 1410 Ilch
  • Cok(e)will' 1434 Ilch 1435,1444 Ilch
  • cursu aque vocat' Quacquylle 1444 Ilch
  • (aque cursus vocat') le Quattle (sic) 1631,1635 Ilch
  • Cockwell 1636 DCMDeed
  • Cockwell mead 1841 TA

Etymology

Cockwell Coppice (SY 619846), Cokwell '1410Ilch (p), Cok (e )will '1434Ilch (p), 1435, 1444Ilch (p), cursu aque vocat ' Quacquylle 1444Ilch , (aque cursus vocat ') le Quattle (sic)1631, 1635Ilch , (close called) Cockwell 1636 DCMDeed, Cockwell mead 1841TA , 'stream frequented by cocks (of wild birds)' from cocc 2 and well(a), cf. Cockwell in Whitchurch Can. par. infra ; this was probably the name of the small stream (now unnamed) which flows W from Rodden Barn Dairy to join the R. Wey at Broadwey.