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.

Cotteridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of King's Norton

Historical Forms

  • Cotteruge 1317 Pat
  • Coderugge 1327 SR

Etymology

This may be manorial, the person who gave his name to the place having come from Cotheridge in this county, v. supra 116.Otherwise it should be interpreted as 'Cotta 's ridge' (v. hrycg ).It stands on a well-marked ridge.