Cottesbrooke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Cottesbrooke
Historical Forms
- Cotesbroc 1086 DB 1342 Cl
- Codesbroc 1086 DB
- Codebrok 1251 Cl
- Cotesbrok al. Codebrok 1304 Ipm
- Cottesbroc 1219 WellsR
- Cottesbroke 1575 ADv
- Catesbrok 1332 Cl
- Cottesbrooke al. Cosbrooke 1639 NthNQi
- Cottesbrooke al. Codgbrooke 1684 Recov
- Codgebrooke 1657 ParReg
Etymology
There is good evidence for an OE pers. name Codd , v. Cutsdean (PN Wo 120). In Cottesbrooke we probably have an unvoicing of d to t before following s in spite of the immediately following b . Hence, 'Codd 's brook.' The alternative would be to derive it from the strong form Cott parallel to the weak Cotta , cf. Cottesmore (R), Cottesmore (10th Hyde), Cossall (Nt) DBCoteshale , Cottesloe (PN Bk 87), Cotesbach (Lei) DBCotesbece , and Cotteshyrst (BCS 1085) in Sunbury (Mx).