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.

Cockshoot Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • la Cokshute 1320 Ass

Etymology

, la Cokshute 1320Ass , v. cocc-scīete ' glade fornetting woodcock ' , cf. Cocschete (224supra ) , from which it is distinct .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement