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.

Middlecott

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Middelcot 1228 FF

Etymology

Why Middle is not clear.There is an Upcott to the west, but no other cott -name to the east.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement