Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cugenho 1086 DB 1428 FA

• Cughanhoog t.Hy2 Dane

• Cugeho 12th Survey

• Cugenhou 1235 Fees

• Cogeho 12th Survey

• Cogenhou, Coginhou 1274 RH

• Cogenho 1313 Ipm 1319 Fine 1347 Cl

• Cuggenho 1204 Cur 1251 ADC9807

• Cuggeho 1275,1227 Cl

• Cuggehoo 1287 Ass

• Kukenho 1247 Cl

• Cukenho 1280 Ipm

• Gukenhou 1275 Ch

• Gugeho, Gukehou 1275 Cl

• Cokenalle al. Cokenoo, Cuknall 1565 Compton

• Codginhoe 1657 NRSi

• Cooknoe or Coggenhoe 1779 F

Etymology

'The hoh or hill of one Cugga .' The name Cuga is found in LVD. Sweet may or may not be right in assuming that the vowel was long, but whether long or short, if the single g is correct, and it most probably is, in this early text, then such a name would have given ME  Couwe and the like. A name from the same root with geminated consonant, or of independent origin, seems however to have existed in OE , for we have cuggan hyll in a Worcestershire charter (BCS 1298), and apparently the same name in Cogenhoe. Cugga would be a regular pet form for such an OE  name as Cūþgār .