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.

Alverdiscott

Major Settlement in the Parish of Alverdiscott

Historical Forms

  • Alveredescota 1086 DB
  • Alveredeskote 1244 Ass
  • Alvredescoth' 1242 Fees795
  • Alewardescot t.Ed1 DA
  • Alwardiscote 1303 FA
  • Alvardiscote 1320 Exon
  • Alvardiscote juxta Fremyngton 1346 Ass
  • Alfardescote 1329 Exon
  • Alvarscot(t)e 1449 Exon
  • Alverscote 1499 Ipm
  • Alvescote 1432–43 ECP1,56
  • Alscote c.1550 Leland

Etymology

'Ælfrēd 's cot(e).'