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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.

Utcoate Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woburn

Historical Forms

  • Utcote 1276 Ass
  • Uttecote 1299 Ch 1306 Abbr
  • Vutecote 1331 QW

Etymology

'Out-cottages' v. cot . The grange lies in the south-west corner of Woburn parish and is probably so called from its remote position.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement