Cotness
Major Settlement in the Parish of Howden
Historical Forms
- Cotes 1086 DB
- Coteness(e) 1199 FF 1246 Ass 1367 YD
- Cotenes 1359 FF
- Cottenes(se) 1246 Ass 1379 Poll 1432 YD
- Coutenesse 1285 KI
- Cotnes(se) 1435 NCWills 1546 FF
Etymology
'Headland with cottages,' v. cote , næss . Here, as in Reedness (WRY), the nes is a flat triangular piece of land round which the Ouse flows, now called Whitgift Ness (from Whitgift, WRY, on the opposite bank of the river). A piece of land similarly placed in regard to the river Aire in Rawcliffe (WRY) was called Nes c. 1219 Selby.