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.

Coggeshalls or Cocksalls

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chigwell

Historical Forms

  • Kockeshal' 1239 FF
  • Cocsale, Coksale grove 1498 ERxiv
  • Cocksalls 1727 ERxix

Etymology

Coggeshalls or Cocksalls (lost) is Kockeshal ' (wood) 1239 FF, Cocsale , Coksale grove 1498 ER xiv, Cocksalls 1727 ER xix. 'Cocc 's nook' or 'cock's nook,' v. healh .