jan 1, 1625 - cote

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It has several meanings, all associated with small buildings. 1310-1 <i>pro le Cotes reparand’ apud Kyldewyk ijs</i> (YRS154/292). It could refer to a small dwelling, valued in some places at exactly one third of a house: in Slaithwaite in 1570, for example, the tenants were ordered to repair their buildings ‘under pain’ of 3s 4d for each cote, compared with 10s for each house. As a dwelling a cote was associated with small size and poverty: 1573 <i>a littil howse or coyte</i>, Bradford (BAS5/198); 1625 <i>one old house called a coite</i>, South Crosland (YDK89) and it gave rise to numerous minor place-names: 1595 <i>an olde house or cote called Howeroid coite</i>, Barkisland (HM/A/96). As a place where animals or materials might be kept its use dates from the fifteenth century (OED) and several examples have been noted in Yorkshire, e.g. 1687 <i>the Swine coat or hen house</i>, Conistone (RW31); 1739 <i>1 swine coat or hogsty</i>, Riddlesden (MD194). In some regions ‘cote’ was the name given to a small settlement close to a village, as with Arncliffe and Arncliffe Cote.

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