Eastcott, Nethercott, Westcott
Early-attested site in the Parish of Swindon
Historical Forms
- Neyerkote 1252 ADvi
- Nethercot(e) 1255 RH
- Nethercot(e) in the hundred of Blakegrove 1278 Ipm
- Nethercot(e) juxta Hegheswyndon 1346 Ass
- Netherecot(e) 1276 FF
- Nuthercot(e) 1337 Ipm
- Estcote 1276 FF 1332 SR
- Estcote juxta Hegheswyndon 1346 Ass
- Escote 1340 FF
- Iskott 1558–79 ECP
- Eastcott 1820 G
- Westcot(e) 1289 Ass 1332 SR
- Wescott 1566 Recov
- Westcott 1820 G
- Nethercott oth. Eastcott oth. Westcott oth. Overcott 1799 Recov
Etymology
Former hamlets of Swindon, v. cot(e), neoðera , 'lower.'Eastcott and Westcott are marked in Greenwood's map (1820), but the sites are now covered by the Railway works.