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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wolfhampcote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wolfhampcote

Historical Forms

  • Wlfesmescot, Ulfelmescote 1086 DB
  • Wulfhamescote 1220 FF 1221 Ass
  • Wlfham(e)cote 1235 Fees 1319 ADv 1385 Pat
  • Wulffamcote c.1245 Magdalen
  • Wolfampcote 1262 Ass
  • Wolfhamcote 1297 Pat 1327 SR 1339 Ipm
  • Wolphamcote 1338–1412 ADiv
  • Wolfamcote 1316 FA 1327 Pat
  • Wolframcote 1317,1335 Ipm 1344 Cl
  • Wulffhampcote 1535 VE
  • Wolfyncote 1335 Ipm
  • Wolfencote 1349 Magdalen 1408 ADv
  • Wolfencoate 1633 Sess
  • Wulfyncote 1522 Magdalen
  • Wolvencote 1539,1548 FF
  • Wovencott 1636 Sess
  • Wolvancote al. Wovencote 1674 Recov
  • Ovencote 1518 1639 FF
  • Wolphamcote vulgarly called Ovencote 1656 Dugdale
  • Woolham Court 1668 StJ

Etymology

'Wulfhelm 's cot(e).' Dugdale (204) notes that it was vulgarly called Ovencote .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site