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.

Bascote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Long Itchington

Historical Forms

  • Bachecota 1174 P
  • Baskecota 1190 1191 ib
  • Baschecota 1192 ib
  • Bacecot(e) 1202 FF 1206 Cur
  • Bacecoten ib.
  • Bascecote 1221 Ass
  • Bascote 1206 FF
  • Bascutt 1739 FF
  • Bescecote 1221 FF
  • Bassecote 1227 1272 Ass

Etymology

Possibly 'Bæcci 's cot(e),' but the forms are difficult.