COTTINGHAM, (Yorkshire, E.R.) near Hull, bel. formerly to the families of Stutevil and Wake; one of which latter obtained a grant of K. Edw. II. for a Mt. here, and 2 Fairs on the days of St. Thomas and St. Martin; and a license to make a castle of his manor-house. The r. Hull falls, about 6 m. from hence, into the Humber.