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.

Cottingham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cottingham

Historical Forms

  • Cotingeham 1086 DB 1166 RBE 1227 Ch 1244 Ass
  • Cotingha' 1086 DB
  • Cotyngham, Cotingham 1150–60 Melsa 1201 Cur 1523 NCWills
  • Cettingaham c.1125 SD
  • Cottingham 1156 Meaux 1196 P
  • Cothigham 1175–84 YCh48
  • Cothingham 1270 YD
  • Cottingeham 1197 P

Etymology

'Homestead of Cot (t )a 's people,' v. ingaham , and cf. Cottingham, PN Nth 163. The same pers. name is found in Cottingwith infra 237 and Cottingley, PN SWY 108.