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.

Tythecott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckland Brewer

Historical Forms

  • Tuddecote 1238 Ass
  • Todecote 1394 Ass 1491 Ipm
  • Tothcote 1496 ADvi
  • Tothecoote 1550 Pat

Etymology

Probably 'Tud (d )a 's cot(e).' For interchange of d and th , v. Introd. xxxv.