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.

Hurscott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swimbridge

Historical Forms

  • Ihurtescota 1155–60 HMCiv,47
  • Hertescote 1238 Ass 1330 SR
  • Hertiscote 1329 DA
  • Hurdescote 1281 Ass
  • Hurtescote 1333 SR

Etymology

'Heort 's cot(e),' cf. Harting (PN Sx 35) and Hartland supra 71.