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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cockle Pits

Other OS name in the Parish of Brantingham

Historical Forms

  • Cockefeld 1226 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Cockefeld 1226 FF . Probably ' heap field , ' from ME  cocc ' heap ' ; cf. Ekwall, Studier tillägnade Axel Kock 219 . There are heaps here from old stone - quarrying .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement