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.

Ullcoats

Early-attested site in the Parish of St John Beckermet

Historical Forms

ulecotes c.1205 CW(OS)i

Ulcoates Mill 1799 CWxvii

Etymology

'Owl-haunted cottages,' from OE ūle, 'owl' and cot(e). It is identical with Oldcoates (PN Nt 99).

Places in the same Parish