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.

Cokethorpe Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hardwick with Yelford

Historical Forms

  • Soctrop 1226 Cl
  • Cocthorp (p), Cocthrop 1278–9 RH
  • Cokthrope 1293 Ipm 1428 FA
  • Cokthrop 1406 Eynsh
  • Coketrope 1285 Ass

Etymology

Possibly '*Cocca 's þrop'; or the first element may be the farm bird, OE  cocc .

Places in the same Parish