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.

Cotton

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Fleming

Historical Forms

  • atte Cotene 1333 SR

Etymology

was the home of Stephen atte Cotene 1333SR . This probably represents a ME weak plural of cot(e) , cf. Cotton infra 415 .

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