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.

Lydcott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sampford Courtenay

Historical Forms

  • Lewidecot' 1242 Fees784
  • Ludecote 1303 FA 1378 IpmR

Etymology

'Lēofgȳþ 's cot(e),' this being a feminine pers. name in OE.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement