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.

Lower Arncott and Upper Arncott

Major Settlement in the Parish of Arncott

Historical Forms

  • Earnigcote, (æt) Earnigcotan 983 KCD1279 13th
  • Ernicote, alia Ernicote 1086 DB
  • Ernicote 1123–33 OxonCh 1320 Ch
  • Hernicote c.1120–30 Os c.1198 Miss c.1225
  • Hernicota 1146 Abingdon c.1225 Miss 1150–68
  • Hernecot' 1203 Cur
  • Earnicote, Earnecote c.1225 Abingdon
  • Henecot 1235 Cl
  • Ermecot' 1241–2 P
  • Ermcot' 1254–5 RH
  • Arnecot, Arnicote 1278–9 RH
  • Uverarnecote, Nether Arnecote 1283 Cl
  • Arnecote 1316 FA 1455 AD
  • Arnecotte 1509–10 Os
  • Arncote superior et inferior 1363 BC c.1444
  • Enercote 1428 FA

Etymology

'*Earn 's cottage(s),' with connective -ing1 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site