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Survey of English Place-Names

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Court Ho Dairy

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornford

Historical Forms

  • Court Ho Fm 1811 OS
  • cotagiu' vocat' Cowtehouse, cotagiu' vocat' Cowtehowse 1563 Digby
  • tenement' vocat' Courte howse 1575 Digby
  • Cote howse 1583 Digby

Etymology

, Court Ho Fm 1811OS, cotagiu ' vocat ' Cowtehouse , cotagiu ' vocat ' Cowtehowse 1563Digby , tenement ' vocat 'Courte howse 1575Digby , Cote howse 1583Digby , first el . apparently cot ' cottage ' later replaced by court ' large house ' ( for this substitution cf. PN Brk 860 ) , v. hūs .