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.

Cucket Nook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lythe

Historical Forms

  • Cukewaud 1223 FF
  • Cukewald 1279 YI 1301 LS
  • Kukeswaud 1228 FF
  • Kokuewald 1265 Whitby
  • Cokewalde 1301 LS

Etymology

'Cuca's woodland' from the OE  pers. name Cuca . It closely resembles Coxwold 191infra but the latter probably contains Cuha rather than Cuca . v. w(e)ald.