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.

Far Coates, Lower Coates

Early-attested site in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Cotes 13 YDix 1588 FF
  • Coytes 1424 Linds
  • Coates 1614,1619 Comm
  • Near Coates 1841 O.S.
  • Coats 1650 WillY
  • Far Coates 1817 M

Etymology

Far Coates, Lower Coates, Cotes 13 YD ix, 1588 FF, Coytes 1424 Linds, Coates 1614, 1619Comm , Near Coates 1841 O.S., Coats 1650 WillY, Far Coates 1817 M, v. cot 'cottage', and for Coytes cf. Phonol. § 28.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site