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.

Coxslake

Other OS name in the Parish of Dartington

Historical Forms

  • Cokkyslak 1330 SR
  • Cokkeslake 1333 SR
  • Cokyslake t.Ed6 Rental

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Cokkyslak 1330SR (p), Cokkeslake 1333SR (p), Cokyslake t. Ed 6Rental . ' Cock's streamlet ' or ' Cocc 'sstreamlet , ' v. lacu .