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.

Cockshot Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • Cokshote, Mykkelcokeshote 1541 MinAcct
  • Cockshutts 1824 WethS

Etymology

, Cokshote , Mykkelcokeshote 1541MinAcct , Cockshutts 1824WethS , v. cocc-scīete ' glade for netting woodcock ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name