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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crosby Court or Crosby Cote

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Otterington

Historical Forms

  • Cotun 1086 DB
  • Cotem 1088 LVD51
  • Crosseby et Cotunam 1252 Ch

Etymology

'(At) the cottages' from the OE  dat. plur. cotum ; v. cot . The Ch scribe has mistaken Cotun for a common OE  tun -name.

Places in the same Parish