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.

Alscot

Early-attested site in the Parish of Monks and Princes Risborough

Historical Forms

  • Elsicote 13th ADvi

Etymology

OE  Ælfsiges -cot (u ), 'Aelfsige's cottage(s).' v . cot.

The name Elsi , still surviving in the 13th cent., might also represent OE  Æthelsige .