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.

Hunscote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hampton Lucy

Historical Forms

  • Vnestonescota 1175 P
  • Onestonescotu (sic) 1176 P
  • Hunestanescote t.Rici AD 1207 Cur
  • Hunstan(e)scote 1201 Cur 1307 FF
  • Hon(e)stanescote 1315,1335 Ipm
  • Hunstanscote 1316 FA
  • Hunstancote 1335 Ipm
  • Hunestanestok' 1206 FineR
  • Hunestanestuna 1230 Bracton
  • Hunstunescote 1247 Ass
  • Honstenescote 1275 Misc
  • Hounstonescote 1306 Ass
  • Huntescote 1306 Ass
  • Huntscott 1649 FF
  • Honyscote 1424 StratGild
  • Hunscote 1492 Ipm
  • Hunscote al. Hunstancote 1543 FF

Etymology

'Hūnstān 's cot(e).' Cf. Hunstanton (Nf).