Cotheridge
Major Settlement in the Parish of Cotheridge
Historical Forms
- æt Coddan hrycce, Coddanhrycge 963 BCS1106 11th
- Codrie 1086 DB
- Codere c.1150 Surv
- Codderegge c.1086 EveB 1190
- Cod(d)erug(ge) 1208 Fees37 1240 WoP 1250 Ipm 1275 SR
- Codrugg 1274 Ipm
- Codrigg 1287 Cl
- Coterich 1474 IpmR
- Coderych, Coderich 1539 LP
- Cotridge 1549 Pat
- Cotheridge al. Cotteridge c.1760 Bowen
Etymology
'Codda's ridge,' v. hrycg . The pers. name Cod (d ) or Codda is not found on independent record in OE but may safely be inferred from this name. It probably forms the first element in Codnor (Db), cf. also Codford (W), BCS 595 Codanford . For d becoming th before r in the next syllable, cf. the history of Etherley, Gatherick and other names in PN NbDu 260, and Potheridge (D), DB Porriga , 1183 P Puderigge . The loss of intervocalic g in the DB and Survey forms is curious.