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.

Burcott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wing

Historical Forms

  • Burcota 1219–21 Bract
  • Burcotes 1316 Pat

Etymology

OE  burh-cotu , 'fortified cottages,' the same name is found in Bierton infra and in Sa and So. See Addenda.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement