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.

Codrington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wapley & Codrington

Historical Forms

  • Godriton c.1100 France
  • Cud(e)rin(g)tuna, Cud(e)rin(g)ton, Cudirin(g)ton Hy2 Ch 1318 Ass 1221,1248 Comm 1584
  • Cudd(e)rington 1551 Pat 1603 FF
  • Chederintone (sic) 1166 RBE
  • Guderinton' 1221 Ass
  • Cudelinton(a) c.1185 BM Ric1 Monast 1226 FF 1245
  • Cod(e)rin(g)ton, Cod(e)ryn(g)ton 1274 RH 1287 Ass 1291 Tax 1763 PR
  • God(e)rinton, God(e)ryn(g)ton 1291 Tax 1303,1316 FA 1327 SR
  • Cotherington 1303 FF
  • Cutherington 1307 FF

Etymology

'Farmstead associated with Cūthhere', from the OE  pers.n. Cūþhere , v. -ing 4 , tūn .