Coton

Other current and historical names

Coaton
Cota
Cote

Parish/Community: Ravensthorpe
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°20'20"N 1°0'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 467454, 271670
OS Grid: SP674716
Mapcode Local: GBR 9SM.942
Mapcode Global: VHDRJ.FG5S

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Coton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Coton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Coton, or Coaton, township, Ravensthorpe par., N. Northamptonshire, 6½ miles NW. of Brixworth, 860 ac., pop. 97.

Coton in the Domesday Book

A village in Guilsborough hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of Stoke (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders; 3 slaves; 1 female slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of Stoke (subinfeudated)
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086

British Place Names

Coton, Northamptonshire

Coton is a hamlet in Northamptonshire

Coton in historic gazetteers

Coton in the Domesday Book