COTHAM, a hamlet in the parish of KEELBY, eastern division of the wapentake of YARBOROUGH, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 9 miles (N. W. by W.) from Great Grimsby. In the reign of Stephen, Alan, Muncels, or Munceaux, built here a Cistercian nunnery, in honour of the Virgin Mary, in which, at the suppression, were a prioress and twelve nuns, -whose revenue was estimated at £46 per annum.