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Cottam (other)
Cottam may refer to: Places *Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire, England * Cottam, Lancashire, England *Cottam, Nottinghamshire, England * Cottam, Ontario, Canada People with the surname Cottam * Andy Cottam (born 1973), English cricketer * Bob Cottam (born 1944), English cricketer * Brad Cottam (born 1984), American football player * Francis Cottam (1900–1987), English cricketer * Harold Cottam (1891–1984), British wireless operator on the RMS ''Carpathia'' during the ''Titanic'' disaster * John Cottam (1867–1897), Australian cricketer * John Cottam (footballer) (born 1950), English footballer * Michael Cottam (born 1966), English cricketer * Nicholas Cottam (born 1951), British Army officer * S. E. Cottam (1863–1943), English poet and priest * Thomas Cottam (1549–1582), English Catholic priest and martyr Other uses * Cottam railway station, a disused station in Nottinghamshire, England * Cottam power stations, coal and gas powered electricity generating stations in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottam, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Cottam is a Hamlet (place), hamlet and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is west of the B1249 road, B1249 Skipsea to Staxton road, and in the Yorkshire Wolds. It is north from the county town of Beverley, and approximately east from the village of Sledmere. The civil parish is formed by the hamlet of Cottam, and Cowlam to its north-west. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 UK census, Cottam parish had a population of 108, an increase on the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 UK census figure of 74, which was the lowest population figure of any East Riding of Yorkshire civil parish in 2001. History According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Cottam derives from the Old English 'cot' (plural: cotum), meaning "a place at the cottages or huts". In the ''Domesday Book'' the Manorialism, manor is written as 'cottun' Cottam was in the Hundred (county subdivision), Hundred of Toreshou, of nine geld unitsâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cottam (footballer)
John Cottam (born 5 June 1950, Warsop) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in The Football League for five clubs and later became a manager in non–league football. Playing career Cottam began his career with Nottingham Forest, whom he signed professional forms with in April 1968. He made his debut in the 1970–71 season when the club were in The First Division. Apart from loan spells with Mansfield Town and Lincoln City, Cottam remained at Forest until August 1976, making nearly 100 league appearances in the process. Cottam then moved on to Chesterfield, where he played regularly for three years in Division Three. In July 1979 he moved to divisional rivals Chester for £12,500, making his debut in a Football League Cup tie against Walsall the following month. In his first season, he missed just one of Chester's 58 first-team gamesSumner (1997), stats section and helped the Blues reach the FA Cup fifth round. He remained a regular f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coatham
Coatham is an area of Redcar in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. History There is reputed to be an entry in the Doomsday book – the first recorded reference to Coatham as "there is a Hamlet of Cotes (one-roomed cottages or shacks) on the beach where the people collect coal from boats from Hartlepool, to carry by pack animal to the Abbey at Guisborough for the heating for the monks there". Probably the people of the Hamlet of Cotes were taxed accordingly, and the place became known as "cote-ham" or similar? Coatham can be traced back to the 12th century, when "Roger son of William de Tocketts gave a salt-pan in 'Cotum' to Guisborough Priory." There was a significant port there, owned by the de Brus family in the 13th century. The weekly market of Kirkleatham parish was held in Coatham (possibly because of the presence of the port) and there was a three-day fair. These were chartered in 1257 by King Henry III Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Cottam
Royal Air Force Cottam or more simply RAF Cottam is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield near Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cottam in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England and north west of Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire. The airfield was used only occasionally for flying, mostly being utilised as a bomb storage site. History Despite being built as a bomber airfield as a satellite to RAF Driffield, poor weather conditions meant it was never used as its intended use as operational airfield, though some flying did occur. The site was constructed with three runways measuring , , and . The airfield was used temporarily as a dispersal site in August 1940 after a devastating raid on RAF Driffield. An attack by up to 30 Junkers Ju 88, Ju 88's saw 169 bombs dropped, 13 personnel killed, 12 Whitley bombers destroyed, and as a result of the raid, Driffield was non-operational for the rest of 1940. Cottam's watch office was demolished in 1980. The airfield operated until J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
