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.

Cotton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Offord Cluny and Offord Darcy

Historical Forms

Cotes 1086 DB

Etymology

OE cotum (dat. pl.), 'cottages,' v. cot . DB has the nom. pl. form.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Offord

Early-attested site

Thorn