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.

Cockleberry

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cowton

Historical Forms

  • Cokelbergh 1241 FF

Etymology

v. be(o)rg. The first element is OE  coccel 'cockle.'

Places in the same Parish