Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Norchot(es) H3 Orm2

• Norcotes 1351 Plea

• Norcott(e)s 1465 Orm2 1579,1673 ChRR

• Norcoot 1486 BodlCh

• Norcott(e) 1578,1579 Orm2 1607 ChRR 1702 Chol

• Norcot 1666 Orm2

• Northcotes 13 Tab 1288 Court 1507 MinAcct

• Norhtcote 1306 ib

• Northecote 1386 ib

• Northecot 1487 ib

• Norhcote 1305 Lacy

• Norhcotes 1307 MinAcct

• Nercotts 1530 Plea 1551 Sheaf

• Norcet 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

'North hut(s)', v. norð , cot . The district is the north-west corner of the township. The singular and plural forms recur constantly, the plural being slightly the more frequent between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. The modern name is from the stream Norcot Brook, itself named from this hamlet.