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.

Westcott

Major Settlement in the Parish of Westcott

Historical Forms

  • Westcote c.1200 BM

Etymology

v. west , cot . 'Westcote is the most considerable hamlet attached to Waddesdon, from which it is nearly two miles distant westward' (L. i. 490).

Places in the same Parish

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