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.

Badcocks

Early-attested site in the Parish of Abberton

Historical Forms

  • Badcockes 1449–52 ECP
  • Badcock 1462–72 ib
  • Badcock (ib.)

Etymology

Badcocks is Badcockes 1449–52 ECP, Badcock 1462–72 ib., and is to be associated with the family of Richard Badcock (ib.).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement