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.

Matcott

Other OS name in the Parish of Sutcombe

Historical Forms

  • Mattecote 1244 Ass 1321 Exon 1330 SR

Etymology

is Mattecote 1244Ass , 1321 Exon, 1330SR (all p) . ' Mætta 'scot(e) , ' cf. Martinhoe supra 65 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement