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.