Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cuttehegh(e) c.1220 Poul 1269 SoDoNQVIII 13 Forde 15

• Cuttehaye 1255 Weld2

• Cutteheye 1268 Ass

• Cutteheighe 1319 Poul 15

• Cuttehawe 1268 Ass

• Cutehegh' 13 Forde 15

• Cuteheg' Hy3 HarlCh

• Cutehay 1317 FF

• Cuthaye 1316 Drew

• Cuthay 1811 OS

• Cutehegge 1288 Ass

• Cutehaghe 1316 FF

• Coteheigh c.1300 Poul 15

• Cotehegh(e) 1318 HarlCh 1398 IpmR 1399 Cl

• Coteheygh(') 1332 Weld2 1416 Cl

• Coteheye 14 Weld2

• Cotehay 1412 FA 1487 Ipm

• Cothayes 1581 Brid

• Cothays 1783 Hutch3

Etymology

From hay (OE  (ge)hæg) 'enclosure', with some early spellings showing confusion or alternation with haga1 'hedge, enclosure' and hecg 'hedge'. The first el. is probably the ME  pers.n. or surname Cutt (e ) (v. Reaney-Wilson s.nn. Cutt and Cutting and cf. Thomas Cut 1327 SR (Wimborne M.), John Cut , Ralph Cut ib (Todber), Hugh, John Cute ib (Leigh in Colehill)). Although the names of the two farms, Cothays and Cuthay, have a common origin (they lie only some ⅔ of a mile apart), it is probable that the former (Cothayes in 1581) is in fact a manorial name, from the surname (de ) Cotehegh , etc. with possessive -s , cf. ten ' quondum Joh 'is Cotehaye 1356AddCh , ten ' Joh 'is de Cotehaye 1398HarlCh , and note that all the forms of the name before 1316 occur as surnames. Cuthay gives name to Cutty Stubbs just over the par. bdy in Marshwood par. supra .