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.

Littlecote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stewkley

Historical Forms

  • Litecota 1086 DB 1155 NLC
  • Litecote 1152–8 NLC
  • Litlecot(e) 1189 P 1284 FA 1300 Ipm 1345 Pat
  • Letlecote 1195 Cur
  • Lutlecote 1195 Cur 1241 Ass
  • Lyt(t)elcote 1386 IpmR 1485 Ipm
  • Lidcote 1691 Thornton
  • Littlecote al. Lidcote 1720 L.iii.329
  • Littlecote al. Litcote 1806 Lysons

Etymology

Self-explanatory. Pronunciations of little with a d are fairly common dialectally (EDG 514).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site