Bearwardcote
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bearwardcote
Historical Forms
- Beruerdescote 1086 DB
- Ber(e)wardescote 1086 DB c.1141 Tutbury 1269 Ass 1351 RadCh
- Berrewardescote 1399 DbCh
- in Baresward and in Cotes 1101–8 RegLich
- Bervarcot' 1219 Cur
- Berwarcote 1330 Ass
- Ber(e)werd(e)cote, Ber(e)uerdecote, -cote 1248–61,c.1250 Darley 1255 BurtAn 1395 EveryCh
- Ber(e)ward(e)cote, Ber(e)uardecote, -cote Hy3 WollCh 1281 FF 1281 Ass 1284 Cl 1290 WollCh 1474 Woll
- Bar(r)owcote 1431 FA
- Bar(r)owcote alias Borowcote 1546 WollCh 1590 1767 Burdett
- Barrocotte Ed6 StarChamb
- Barwarcote 1492 Bemrose
- Barwardcote 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed
- Barwardcote als Barrowcote 1758 Bowen
Etymology
'Bear-keeper's cottage', v. bera-weard (n), cot . Bearward is first instanced in 1399 (NED), but is found earlier in street-names; cf. Mount St (PN Nt 19) and Bearward St (PN Nth 7). v. also Thuresson 190–1.