Buscot
Major Settlement in the Parish of Buscot
Historical Forms
- Boroardescote 1086 DB
- Burwardescota 1130 P
- Burwardescote 1242–3 Fees 1275–6 RH 1284 Ass 1474 Stonor
- Burwardestok' 1284 Ass
- Burwardscott 1535 VE
- Burewardescot 1199–1200 FF
- Borewardescot', Burewardescote 1220 Fees 1338 Pat
- Buregardescot' 1225–6 FF
- Borewardescote, Burewardescote 1284 Ass 1431 Stonor
- Borewardescot' 1294 SR
- Borewardescot 1322 AD
- Borewerdescote 1369 BM
- Burdwardescote 1284 Ass
- Burgwardescot 1284 Ass
- Bourgwarde(s)cote 1341 AD
- Burghwardescote 1366 Pat 1412 Fine 1476 Stonor
- Burworthescote 1323 Cl
- Borfordescote 1327 SR 1381 Throckmorton
- Burfordescote 1377 Fine
- Burscote 1412 FA
- Borewescote 1416 Stonor
- Borowyscot, Boroughescote 1475 ib
- Bruscote 1479 Stonor
- Barowyscott c.1475 Stonor
- Buskets 1666 RecOffMap
- Buscot 1736 PubLib
Etymology
'Burgweard's cot(e)'; short forms such as Burscote evidently existed for a considerable time side by side with longer forms like Burwardscott . OE burh-weard 'town guardian' is perhaps less likely in combination with cot(e) than a pers.n.