Burcot
Early-attested site in the Parish of Clifton Hampden
Historical Forms
- Bridicote 1198 FF 1256 FF
- Bridecot' 1200 Cur 1382 Cl
- Bridcon' 1230 P
- Briddecote 1285 Ass
- Brydecot 1428 FA
- Brudicot' 1199 Cur
- Brudicote 1235 FF 1246–7 Ass 1272 FF
- Brudecot, Brudecot' 1278–9 RH
- Brudecote 1346 FA
- Braudecote 1316 FA
- Bradicote 1346 FA
- Bredecote 1365 Cl
- Brodecote 1428 FA
- Byrdcote 1551–2 Survey
- Burcott 1761 Rocque
Etymology
Probably '*Brȳda 's cottage(s),' v. cot(e). The personal name is apparently found in Bridmore and Burcombe in Wiltshire (PN W 201). There may have been a connective -ing- in the original form of the name. The formally possible 'cottage of the bride' does not give very good sense.