English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Bickingcott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Twitchen

Historical Forms

  • Bykenecote 1244 FF
  • Bykingcote 1244 Ass
  • Bikenecot 1249 Ass

Etymology

The forms are too few for certainty. There are other names in which -ene - at times appears in entirely sporadic fashion. Professor Förster suggests OE  Biccinga cote , 'cot(e) of Bic (c )a 's people.'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement