English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Coat o' West

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Cota west 1836 KCR

Etymology

, 1857OS , Cota west 1836KCR , v. cot ' cottage ' ; the name may mean ' cottage in the west ' or ' cottage belonging to a man called West ' ( cf. Willows in the West YW vi, 178 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement