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.

Cottam

Major Settlement in the Parish of Langtoft

Historical Forms

  • Cottun 1086 DB
  • Cuthuna 1128–32 BM
  • Cutona 1155–7 YCh1148
  • Cotum 1285 KI 1295 Ebor 1306 BevAct 1316 NomVill
  • Cotom 1337,1376 FF
  • Cotome 1508 Test
  • Cottam 1598 FF

Etymology

'At the cottages,' from OE  cotum , dat. plur. of cote.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement