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.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement