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.

Cotton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gretton

Historical Forms

  • Kotes 1247 FF
  • Coten(e) 1274 Ipm 1362 Cl
  • Cotone 1316 FA
  • Cotes by Rokyngham 1350 Ipm
  • Coten near Rokyngham 1355 Cl

Etymology

Cotton (lost) is Kotes 1247FF , Coten (e )1274 Ipmet freq to 1362 Cl, Cotone 1316 FA, Cotes by Rokyngham 1350 Ipm, Coten near Rokyngham 1355 Cl. v. Claycoton supra 66.