Linscott
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tawstock
Historical Forms
- Clynggecote 1330 SR
- Clenchescote 1333 SR
- atte Clenche 1327 SR
Etymology
Linscott probably gave name to Thomas de Clynggecote (1330SR ), de Clenchescote (1333SR ), with subsequent loss of initial c by dissimilation, v. cot(e). For the first element we may perhaps compare of clinca leage BCS 943, and the pers. name atte Clenche 1327SR (Berks). The significance of this element must remain obscure until we can identify the sites of various places with which it is associated. Middendorff (s. v .) takes it to be the same as Yorkshire clink , 'small crack, chink, crevice,' and LGer klinke used in much the same sense. Linscott is in a long deep-cut valley.