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.

Middlecott

Other OS name in the Parish of Virginstow

Historical Forms

  • Middelcoth' 1242 Fees788

Etymology

is Middelcoth '1242 Fees 788 , ' middle cot(e) . ' It lies between Ashwater and Virginstow .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement