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.

Escot

Early-attested site in the Parish of Talaton

Historical Forms

Estcote al. Hoga 1227 Ch

Esshecote 1249 Ass

Est(t)ecote 1287 Ass

Etymology

'East cot(e).' It lies on a hill (v. hoh ) east of Talaton.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Larkbeare

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Talaton