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.

Cold Cotes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Caldecotes 1306 YI 1338 FF 1400 YI 1421 Pat
  • Calcotts 1598 FF
  • Caldcotes als. Coldcotes 1604 ib
  • Could-Coates 1719 PRArn

Etymology

Cold Cotes, Caldecotes 1306 YI, 1338 FF, 1400 YI, 1421 Pat, Calcotts 1598 FF, Caldcotes als. Coldcotes 1604 ib, Could -Coates 1719 PRArn. 'Cold cheerless cottages', v. cald , cot . It stands in an exposed situation near Bleak Bank 233supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement