Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• W(u)demon(e)cot(e), Wod(e)mon(e)cot(e), Wod(e)mon(e)kot(e) c.1200,c.1260 GlR 1273 Ipm 1288 Episc 1385 Ass

• Wod(e)manescot(e) 13 Tewk86d

• Wod(e)man(n)ecot(e) 1204 P 1221 Ass 1306 FF

• Wod(e)mancot(e) 13 WinchLB 1221 Ass 1327 SR 1547 FF

• Wod(e)menecot(e) 1236 FF

• Woodmancote 1535 VE

• Woodmacott 1612 Rec

• Woodmecoat 1704 PR

Etymology

'The woodmen's cottage or shed', v. wudu-mann, cot , and cf. Woodmancote (i, 148supra ).