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.

Allacott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shebbear

Historical Forms

  • Alvivecote 1238 Ass 1281 Ass
  • Alvythecote 1295 Ass
  • Alveth(e)cote 1333 SR 1426 Exon
  • Alvecote 1409 Exon

Etymology

'cot(e) of a woman named Ælfgȳþ or Ælfgifu .' Cf. Alvacott in Tamerton (Co), Alvevacote DB. For a similar confusion cf. Alvechurch PN Wo 332–3.