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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cockshot Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Cocke shott, the Cockshott 1677,1746 Glebe

Etymology

, Cocke shott , the Cockshott 1677, 1746Glebe , v. cocc-scyte ' glade where woodcock werenetted ' , cf. Cockshot Wood (i, 158supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name