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.

Coultershaw Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Petworth

Historical Forms

  • Cuteresho 1240 FF c.1260 Perc 1302 RH
  • Cutersho 1275 RH
  • Coutersho c.1280 Perc
  • Coutershou 1314 Ipm
  • Cowtershall 1535 VE
  • Cowtersole 1595 SRS33,35
  • Cawdershaw 1610 Speed

Etymology

'Cūðhere 's spur of land,' hoh . For persistent t for OE ð , cf. Goodsoal infra 462.