Codicote
Major Settlement in the Parish of Codicote
Historical Forms
- (æt) Cuðeringcoton, Cuðingcoton 1002 KCD1297 c.1250
- Codicote 1086 DB 1248 FF
- Codycote 1355 Ipm
- Cudicota 1097–1119 Gesta
- Cudicote t.Ric1 Ch 1301 StPauls 1311
- Codecote 1275 RH c.1275 Gesta
- Cotycote 1342 Pat
- Cotticott 1535 VE
- Cuddicott 1556 FF 1721 FF
- Curricott 1642 ParReg(Shephall)
Etymology
'Cūþhere 's cottage(s),' v. cot(e), with connective ing . The Cuðing - form may be an early reduction of Cuðering -, or a new form from Cūða , a pet-form of Cūðhere . For the early reduction of ing to i cf. Udimore (PN Sx 516) and Bodymore (PN Wa 16).For medial r cf. Caddington supra 31.