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.

Fulscot Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Moreton

Historical Forms

  • Follescote 1086 DB
  • Fulescote a.1243 PubLibDoc
  • Foulescot' 1294 SR
  • Foulescote 1377 Fine
  • Fugelescota 1178 P
  • Fugelescot' 1212 Cur
  • Fughelescot 1220 Fees 1234–5 FF
  • Fughelescote 1284 Ass
  • Fowelescot' 1327 SR
  • Fulscot 1517 DInc
  • Fools Coate 1761 Rocque

Etymology

'Fugol's cottage(s)', v. cot(e).