Claycoton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Claycoton
Historical Forms
- Cotes 1175 P 12th Survey 1220 Fees
- Cotes juxta Lilleburne 1285 Ass
- Cleycotes 1284 FA 1360 ADiv
- Claycotes 1330 FA 1361 Cl
- Claycoten 1330 QW
- Claycoton 1427 ADiii
- Cleycoton 1388 ADv
Etymology
'At the cottages,' the earliest forms going back to the OE strong plural, the later and modern probably to the weak plural.According to Bridges (i, 548) it is named Claycoton from its soil, to distinguish it from the adjacent Coton infra 67.