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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.

Kellacott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadwoodwidger

Historical Forms

  • Chaluecot 1228 FF
  • Calewecot' 1244 Ass
  • Calwecote 1244,1335 Ass 1438 BM
  • Caluwecot 1244 Ass

Etymology

'Bare cot(e),' cf. Calehouse supra 176.