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Wilnecote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tamworth

Historical Forms

  • Wilmundecote 1086 DB 1332 SR
  • Wilmundecota 1166 P
  • Wilmundicote 1221 Ass 1313 Pat
  • Wilmindecote 1290 FF 1327 SR
  • Wilmecota, Wilmecote 1217 Bracton 1606 FF
  • Wilnecote 1316 FA
  • Wilmecote al. Wilnecote 1607 FF
  • Wilmondecote 1272 Ipm
  • Wilmondekot 1318 ib
  • Wylmedecot 1274,1298 Ipm
  • Willemondcot 1274 ib
  • Wilmendecote 1315 ib
  • Wilmencote 1298,1315 Ipm
  • Wilmenkot al. Wilmecote 1326 ib
  • Wymencote 1326 Pat
  • Wylmyncote 1336 1356 BM
  • Wilmoncote 1375 ADiii
  • Wincote 1656 Dugdale
  • Wilnecote al. Wincote 1694 Recov
  • Wilmundecote al. Wilmecote al. Wilnecote 1663 FF

Etymology

'Wilmund 's cot(e),' cf. Wilmcote infra 198. The absence of the genitival s and the i of the 1221 and 1313 forms suggest that the original name may have been Wilmundingcot (e ), v. ing .