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.

Codden

Other OS name in the Parish of Bishop's Tawton

Historical Forms

  • Coddeton 1281 Ass
  • Coddon 1333 SR
  • Coddedone 1345 Ass

Etymology

is Coddeton 1281Ass , Coddon 1333SR , Coddedone 1345Ass (all p) . ' Codda 's farmor hill , ' v. tun , dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement