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.

Coates

Major Settlement in the Parish of Coates

Historical Forms

  • Cota 1175 P
  • Cotes 1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1223 Abbr 1232 Bracton 1248 Ass 1285 FA 1584 FF
  • Cotes Cokerel, Cotes Randulfi 1236 Fees
  • Cotys 1546 FF
  • Cooteʒ 1466 ADii
  • Cootes 1535 VE 1595 FF

Etymology

'The cottages', v. cot . It was held in 1236 by Elye Cokerel and Ralph Paganel (Fees i, 439).

Places in the same Parish