Cottesbrooke

Other current and historical names

Cottesbrook
Cotesbroc
Codesbroc

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°21'16"N 0°57'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 471112, 273442
OS Grid: SP711734
Mapcode Local: GBR BTT.BRZ
Mapcode Global: VHDRK.C28W

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

Cottesbrooke in historic gazetteers

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

Cottesbrook, par. and hamlet, N. Northamptonshire, 2½ miles NW. of Brixworth ry. sta., 2780 ac., pop. 214; contains Cottesbrook Park.

Cottesbrooke in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofnoth son of Osmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Dodin of Cottesbrooke (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 female slave; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Dodin of Cottesbrooke
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Dodin of Cottesbrooke
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 slave

British Place Names

Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire

Cottesbrooke is a village in Northamptonshire

Cottesbrooke in historic gazetteers

Cottesbrooke in the Domesday Book