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.

Cottingham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cottingham

Historical Forms

  • Cotingeham 1086 DB 1227 Ch
  • Cotingham 1137 ASC 12th Ipm 1343
  • Cotynham 1343 Ipm
  • Cottingeham 1162,1166 P

Etymology

'ham(m) of Cotta 's people,' v. ing .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site