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.

Wilshamstead Cotton End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wilshamstead

Historical Forms

  • Westcote, Westcota 1086 DB
  • Cotes 1228 FF 1284 FA
  • Cot(e)nes 1247 Ass
  • Westcotes 1247,1287 Ass
  • Welleshamsted cum Wescote 1287 Ass
  • Wescote juxta Wyleshamstede 1287 Ass

Etymology

The various forms of the second element of this name can be explained as in EPN s. v. cot , except for Cotenes which is from the dat. pl. coten (OE  cotum) with the plural suffix es added when the name was not understood. West not in relation to the parish but to Cardington Cotton End. v. infra 91.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement