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.

Cotham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cotham

Historical Forms

  • Cotun(e), Cotes 1086 DB
  • Cotes t.Hy2 RegAntiq
  • Cotum 1232 FF 1234 Ebor 1263 Pap 1351 Pat
  • Cotum juxta Houton 1287 Ass
  • Cotum juxta Newerk 1301 ib
  • Cotumfen 1330 ib
  • Cotom 1334 Ipm
  • Cotume 1525 SR
  • Cotam 1535 VE
  • Cotham 1569 FF
  • Cotun' 1235 Fees
  • Cotun 1280 Ass 1316 FA
  • Cotton al. Cotham 1693 Recov
  • Southcoton 1387 FF
  • Southcotom 1528 NtIpm

Etymology

'At the cottages,' v. cot(e). Identical with Cottam supra 29 and South to distinguish it from that place. Houton is Hawton infra 215.

Places in the same Parish

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