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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.

Coatleyhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Coatlathill 1631 Derwent
  • Coatelethhill, Coatlethill 1636,1695 ib
  • Coaten hill 1714 PR
  • Coatlath Hill 1733 ib
  • Coatcloth hill 1744 ib
  • Coatlethhill 1775 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Coatlathill 1631Derwent , Coatelethhill , Coatlethill 1636, 1695 ib., Coaten hill 1714 PR,Coatlath Hill 1733 ib., Coatcloth hill 1744 ib., Coatlethhill 1775 ib . Possibly a compound of cot(e) and hlaða .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement