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.

Cottesmore

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadwell

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Cottesmore c.980 ASWills 15th
  • Cotesmore 1185 Templars
  • Cottemor 1244 RegAntiquiss

Etymology

Cottesmore (lost) is (æt ) Cottesmore c. 980 (15th) ASWills, Cotesmore (ter) 1185 Templars, Cottemor (bis) 1244 RegAntiquiss. '*Cott 's marsh,' v. mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement