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.

Fatacott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Fattecot(e) 1238,1249 Ass
  • Vattecote 1370 Exon
  • Fatcat 1682 ParReg

Etymology

The first element is probably a late OE  name of the nickname type from fætta , 'fat one,' hence 'Fat 's cottages,' v. cot(e). Similarly Wallenberg in StudNP 2, 28.