Country: | England |
Official Name: | Cox Green |
Coordinates: | 53.62°N -2.428°W |
Static Image Name: | Cox Green Road, Egerton (geograph 4350864).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Cox Green Road, Cox Green |
Metropolitan Borough: | Bolton |
Metropolitan County: | Greater Manchester |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Bolton North East |
Post Town: | BOLTON |
Postcode District: | BL7 |
Postcode Area: | BL |
Dial Code: | 01204 |
Os Grid Reference: | SD716138 |
Cox Green is a settlement near to Bolton within the Egerton district of Greater Manchester. It is primarily a residential town.
Green is from Old English cocc "cock(i.e. crest of a hill) in the plural form coccs (the plural form represented by modern "s".). Due to corruption of the name over the years, the name is similar to the modern surname Cox (which it is similar to, but not quite related). The name was recorded as Cosse in 1108, and Couuse in 1146 and Cokksgrene in 1248.'Green' is a modern addition, referring to the village common.
Cox Green is on the A666 road.