Cogdean Hundred
Hundred in the County of Dorset
Historical Forms
- Cocdene hundret c.1086 GeldR
- Chogden'hundredum 1182 P
- hundr' de Cocdene 1212 Fees 1244,1268 Ass 1275 RH
- Co(c)keden(e) 1244,1288 Ass 1554 AddCh
- Co(c)kedenne 1280 Ass
- Cogden(e) 1244 1247 FF
- Cogdeane 1664 HTax
- Kocdene 1249 FF
- Gogden' 1268,1288 Ass
- Cokden(e) 1288 1327 SR 1332 SR 1346 FA
- Cokkeden 1303 ib
- Co(o)kkedene 1512,1514 Pars
- Cockden 1539 Ct
Etymology
named from Cogdean Elms in Corfe M. par. infra , the meeting-place of the hundred.