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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.

Farmcote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pinnock and Hyde

Historical Forms

  • Fern(e)cote, Fern(e)cota 1086 DB 13 WinchLB 1220 Fees 1487 Ipm
  • Fermescota 1190 P
  • Fermeco(o)te 1535 VE
  • Farenkot(t)e, Farencote, Farincote 1242 FF 1248 Ass 1274 RH
  • Farn(e)cote, Farn(e)kote 1248 Ass 1269 Pat 1287 Ass 14 ADiv 1560 ADv
  • Farm(e)cote, Farm(e)cot(t) 1569 FF 1584 Comm 1742 PR

Etymology

'Cottage amongst the ferns', v. fearn , cot .