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.

Linscott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Moretonhampstead

Etymology

v. cot(e). The first element is probably Lēofwine , hence 'Leofwine 's cot(e).'