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.

Fancott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Toddington

Historical Forms

  • Fencote 1212,1215 FF 1276 Ass
  • Fancote 1224 FF 1276 Ass 1304 AD

Etymology

'Cotes in the marsh' v . fenn, cot. This is possibly the East Coten of BCS 659, cf. BHRS v. 168.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement