English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Coxbank, Coxbank Brook

Other OS name in the Parish of Audlem

Historical Forms

  • Coxbank 1831 Bry
  • Cock Bank 1842 OS

Etymology

, Coxbank 1831 Bry, Cock Bank 1842 OS , cf. Coxbank Wood in Adderley Sa , presumably ' woodcock's hill ' , v. cocc 2 , banke . The stream joins R . Duckow .