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.

Luffincott

Major Settlement in the Parish of Luffincott

Historical Forms

  • Leghyngecoth' 1242 Fees787
  • Lughyngecot' 1242 Fees787
  • Lughyngcote 1330 SR
  • Luffingecote 1275 Exon
  • Luffyncote 1428 FA
  • Luffencote 1577 Saxton
  • Loghingecote 1285 FA
  • Loghyngecote 1303 FA 1324 Ass
  • Loghyngcote 1339 Ass
  • Logghyngcote 1350 Exon
  • Loyʒhincote 1291 Tax
  • Loghynton que vocatur Loghyngecote 1346 FA
  • Lyghingcote 1364 Fine

Etymology

'cot(e) of Luhha 's people,' v. ing . For interchange of cote and tun cf. Waddlestone infra 188 and Almiston supra 80.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name