Wolvercot
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wolvercot
Historical Forms
- Vlfgarcote 1086 DB
- Wlgaricote c.1130 OxonCh 1389 Os
- Wlgarecot' 1240–1 Ass
- Wulvercot c.1185 CartAntiq
- Wulgaricot c.1185 CartAntiq
- Wulgarecot 1231 Cl
- Wolgarcote c.1220–30 Frid c.1425 Frid 1358 c.1425
- Wulgoricot 1232 Cl
- Wlgorescote 1233 FF
- Volgacote c.1250–60 Frid c.1425
- Wolgericote 1268–81 Eynsh 1285 Ass
- Woxercote 1285 Ass
- Wolgercot(e) 1285 Ass
- Wolgaricote 1285 Ass 1339 Cl
- Wollvercote, Woolvercote 1675 Ogilby
- Woolvercot 1761 Rocque 1822 O.S.
Etymology
'Wulfgār 's cottage,' v. cot(e). There was probably a connective ing in the original form.