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 Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Halstock

Historical Forms

  • Cotton 1799 ERO 1842 TA

Etymology

, named from the f.n. Cotton 1799ERO , 1842TA , one of Thomas Hollis 's commemorative names alluding to John Cotton ( 1584 – 1652 ) , an eminent Puritan divine , or Sir Robert Cotton ( 1571 – 1631 ) , a publisher of political tracts , v. note under f. ns . infra .