Cottered
Major Settlement in the Parish of Cottered
Historical Forms
- Chodrei 1086 DB
- Codreye 1236 Cl
- Coddre 1240 RBE
- Codruthe 1185 Templars
- Codreth(e) 1220 Fees 1402 FA
- Codreth Camerarii 1220 Fees
- Codrede 1279 FF
- Codrethe 1401 IpmR
- Coderede 1338 Pat 1388 FF
- Cotreth 1236 Stowe
- Coddreth 1248,1258 CartAntiq
- Coddred 1258 Pat
- Coddreth 1327,1350 Cl
- Coudreya 1254 Val
- Coudrede 1287 Ass
- Coodred 1509 ADii
- Coderith 1255 Ass
- Codrith 1278 ib
- Cothereye 1287 FF
- Cottheryd 1535 VE
- Cothered 1556 FF
- Coddrithe 1294 FF
- Cothred 1545 SR 1653 FF
- Cotered al. Codreth 1553 DeedsEnrolled
- Cotterhead 1663 FF
Etymology
The second element is rið, 'stream.' The almost complete absence of any spellings with a medial e shows that the first element cannot be a personal name Codda . Ekwall (DEPN s. n .) suggests that we may have as the first element a cognate of ON kóð , 'spawn of fish,' which may have left another trace in codbait , for which see NED.