With thanks to Alan Longbottom

                        Salopia Antiqua 1841

                        By Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne M.A., F.S.A.

p. 237            Observations on the Names of Places pp. 237-283

p. 251            Cockshut – This word is of frequent recurrence in many counties, a clear indication that it is not used without having been acquired from an early source.

One would expect to find it easy of explanation in consequence of its general acceptance.

The Celt cok, elevatus, caput, is the nearest we can make to the prefix: and in the same language Sgod, Ysgod, silva is the best word which explains the termination.

In some cases this will correspond with the present appearance of the places where the word is applied, amongst others the following, though it does not hold good in every instance here adduced.

Cockshut – a bank near Bitterley.

Cockshut – between Ellesmere and Middle

Cockshut Bank – near Downton

Cockshut Lane – Broseley co Salop

Cockshoots – near Middleton Scriven

Cocksall – near Aston Botterell

Cockslade Rough

Cockshut – South of Montgomery

Cockshut Wood – 1 mile south of Usk

Cockshut Wood – 1 mile north of Chepstow

Cockshut Wood – 1 mile west of West Wycombe

Cockshute Fair Firs – north of Wootton under Edge co Gloucester

Cockshut Hill Farm – south of Droitwich

Cockshoot Hill – near Shefford, co Bedford

Cocksheath – east of Skenfrith co Monmouth

Cockshed and Cocksbrook Wood – north east of Kentchurch co Hereford.

p. 284  Places in Shropshire ,mentioned in Domesday Book

p. 295  A Glossary of Words used in Shropshire compiled by

            Charles Henry Hartshorne.

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            Place Names of Gloucestershire in 4 Vols EPNS

Pt 4

p. 046            Mentioned as a minor field name

Cockshoot or (Cocc-scyte)

p. 057

Woodcock were apparently much sought after, judging by the frequency of cocc-scyte, a term denoting ‘a glade where woodcock were netted’

p. 113            Elements in Place Names and Field Names

Cocc-scyte OE – glade where woodcock were netted

Cockshoot Piece c. 1682

Cockshoat c. 1673

Cockshoot c. 1626

The Cockshoots c. 1414

Cockeshote c. 1575

Cocschete c. 1280

Le Cokshit c. 1509

p. 233  Index of Place Names

Cockshed Barn  3 – 238

Cockshoot (Newnham) 3 – 199 

Cockshoot (Painswick) 1 – 134

Cockshoot Bridge (Awre) 3 – 253

Cockshoot Wood (West Dean) 3 – 229

Cockshoot Wood (Dursley)  2 – 222

Cockshot Hill (Kingswood) 3 – 80

Cockshot Wood (Dymock) 3 – 169

Cockshut (Tidenham) 3 – 266

Cockshute (Hewelsfield) 3 – 234

Cockshute Farm (Alkington) 2 – 209

Cockshute Firs (North Nibley) 2 – 241

Pt 1

Longtree Hundred – Avening 1 – 088

Cockshead as a field name

Longtree Hundred – Horsley  1 - 094

Cockshoot Piece c. 1682

Longtree Hundred – Minchinghampton 1 – 097

Cokcombe c. 1379 as a place name or Cocombe c. 1777

Cocks Leaze as a field name

Bisley Hundred – Bisley 1 – 124

Cockshoot(s)

Bisley Hundred – Painswick 1 - 134

Cockshoot  

Cockshoute launde – c. 1400 a glade where woodcock were netted

Rapsgate Hundred – Brimpsfield 1 – 147

Cocks Piece (pas de Cokkes c. 1380) as a field name

Rapsgate Hundred – Chedworth 1 – 151

Cockshoot as a field name

Bradley Hundred – Eastington 1 – 172

Cockman Down and Cockerup Green as field names

Bradley Hundred – Stowell 1 – 183

Cockshoot as a field name

Pt 2

Lower Kiftsgate Hundred – Hawling 2 – 019

Cock Roop as a field name

Lower Tewkesbury Hundred – Kemerton 2 – 060

Fan Demons as a field name – a transferred name from Van Diemen’s Land, such names often being applied to more distant fields.

Lower Tewkesbury Hundred – Twyning 2 – 073

Cock Shed – a glade where woodcock were netted

Upper Dudstone and King’s Barton Hundred – Brockworth 2 – 119

Cock Shoot as a field name

Upper Dudstone and King’s Barton Hundred - Churchdown 2-122

Cockshoot Brake

Upper Whitstone Hundred – Moreton Valence 2 – 187

Cockshoot as a field name

Lower Whitstone Hundred – Leonard Stanley 2 – 202

Cockshute as a field name

Lower Whitstone Hundred – Wheatenhurst or Whitminster 2 – 205

Cockshuts as a field name

Upper Berkeley Hundred - Alkington 2 - 209

Cockshute Farm  - c. 1830

Cockshut Hill c. 1839

Upper Berkeley Hundred – Coaley 2 – 221

Cockshoot as a field name

Upper Berkeley Hundred - Dursley – 2 - 222

Cockshoot Wood – c. 1791

Upper Berkeley Hundred - North Nibley  2 - 241

Cockshute Firs c. 1830

Upper Berkeley Hundred – Wotton under Edge 260

The Cockshoot as a field name

Pt 3

Lower Thornbury Hundred – Thornbury 3 – 018

Cockshot Hill as a field name

Cokwode c.1322 as a field name

Upper Grumbald’s Ash Hundred – Horton  3 - 037

Cockshot Hill as a field name

Upper Grumbald’s Ash Hundred – Tortworth  3 – 041

Cocks Lays as a field name

Lower Grumbald’s Ash Hundred – Dyrham and Hinton  3 – 049

Cock Lane and House c. 1777

Pucklechurch Hundred - Westerleigh 3 – 070

Cock Shoot as a field name

Pucklechurch Hundred – Westerleigh 3 – 070

Cock Shoot as a field name

Upper Langley and Swinehead Hundred - Kingswood 3 - 80

Cockrodd Bottom – Cockrode Hill in 1652 Parliamentary Survey

Cock Shoot from Early Modern English  Cock Road or Cocc-rod see EPNS Vol 1 - 104

Cockshot Hill  - Cockshut c. 1830

Barton Regis Hundred – Stapleton 3 – 102

Cock Green and Cockshute as field names

Lower Langley and Swinehead Hundred - Almondsbury 3 – 110

Cockshoot Leaze as a field name

Lower Langley and Swineshead Hundred -  Alveston 3- 113

Cockshot as a field name

Lower Langley and Swineshead Hundred - Olveston 3 – 122

Cockshot as a field name

Berkeley Hundred (Detached) - Ashleworth 3 – 154

Cockshutt Ground – as a field name

Dudstone and King’s Barton Hundred - Hartpury 3 – 157

Cockshut as a field name

Botloe Hundred - Dymock – 3 - 169

Cockshot Wood  or Cockshoote Croft c. 1608 as place names

Botloe Hundred – Kempley 3 – 173

Cockshoot as a field name

Botloe Hundred - Newent  3 – 180

Cock shut Field or Cockshott Field c. 1581

Botloe Hundred - Oxenhall 3 – 182

Cockshoot or Cokschotewey c. 1414 as a field name

Botloe Hundred – Pauntley – 3 – 183

Cockshut as a field name

Botloe Hundred - Taynton 3 – 188

Cockshoot Hill as a field name

Duchy of Lancaster Hundred - Tibberton 3 – 194

The Cockshoots as a field name

Westbury Hundred - Churcham 3 – 197

The Cockshoot as a field name

Westbury Hundred - Newnham 3 - 199

Cockshoot  or Cocschute or Cockshote c. 1595 as place names

St. Briavels Hundred - English Bicknor 3 – 213

Cockshut as a field name

St. Briavels Hundred - East Dean 3 – 224

Cocschete c. 1280 and Coksuteweye – Kokschetesfeld c. 1282 – Cockshutes c. 1635

St. Briavels Hundred - West Dean 3 - 229

Cockshoot Wood  - la Cokshute c. 1320 this is distinct from Cocschete on p. 224

St. Briavels Hundred - Hewelsfield 3 - 234

Cockshute c. 1830 – Cockshoots Wood c. 1839

St. Briavels Hundred - Newland 3 - 238

Cockshed Barn  - Cockshute c. 1616 and The Cockshoote Meadow c. 1635

St. Briavels Hundred – St. Briavels 3 – 246

Cockshoot Hill – shotte c. 1549

Bledisloe Hundred - Alvington 3 – 250

Cockshut Hill as a field name

Bledisloe Hundred - Awre 3 - 253

Cockshoot Bridge – Cockshoot Hill c. 1840 as place names

Bledisloe Hundred - Lydney 3 – 261

Cockshoot as a field name

Westbury  Hundred (Detached)  - Tidenham 3 - 266

Cockshut c. 1830 from a Map

Westbury Hundred (Detached) Woolaston 3 – 269

Ash Cockshut as a field name.