COTON, COTTAM, COTTOM, COTTEN, COTTON: Randulf de Cotton' 1185 P (Wo); Ralph de Cottum 1212 Cur (Y); Stephen de Coten' 1296 MinAcctCo (L); John de Cotome 1310 LLB B; John de Cotun 1325 ib. D; Brian Cotham, Cotan 1569, 1596 FrY. OE at cotum (dweller) 'at the cottages' as at Coton (Cambs), Cotton (Ches), Coatham (Durham, NRYorks), Cotham (Notts), Cottam (Notts ERYorks). The -um is preserved only in Durham, Lancs, Notts and Yorks; Cot(t)on is found in the midlands, in Cambs, Ches, Derby, Leic, Lincs, Northants, Saop, Staffs, Oxon, Warwicks. cf. COTE.

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