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.

Lovacott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shebbear

Historical Forms

  • Lovecota 1086 DB
  • Lovecote 1333 SR

Etymology

The place takes its name from Love (Exch Lofe ), the woman who held the manor TRE (DB 413 b). The OE  form of her name would have been Lufu , gen. sing. Lufe .