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 Stoke upon Tern

Etymology

Cotton (SJ 631278), 'cottages'. This is one of six Sa instances of Cot(t)on. Eyton's identification of the Stoke upon Tern place with DB Ludecote has been generally accepted, and the name was therefore discussed in Part 1, where it was suggested that the DB affix, probably the personal name Luda , was a temporary addition to an originally simplex name.