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.

Coton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gnosall

Historical Forms

  • Coten 1327 SR 1538 Ct
  • Coton c.1260 MRA 1332 SR 1395 ChancM 1451 Ct 1833 O
  • Coton juxta Gnoushale 1346,1358 Banco
  • Cotton 1616 PCC

Etymology

'The cottages', v. cote (cotan nom.pl.).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement