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.

Clattercote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Claydon with Clattercote

Historical Forms

  • Claterecota 1167 P
  • Clatercota 1168 P
  • Clatercot 1235 Cl early18th ParColl
  • Clattercote 1526 LS
  • Clatrecot 1204 P
  • Cladercot 1797 Davis

Etymology

Ekwall (DEPN) suggests that this is 'cot(e) by a clatter,' and that the dialect word clatter , meaning 'debris, loose stones,' may be old, although it is not recorded till the 19th century. The same element is apparently found in Clatterford Wt and Clater He.

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Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement