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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.

Nethercote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bourton on the Water

Historical Forms

  • Nederchote Ric1 Ch 1372
  • Nethercota, Nethercote 1192 P 1327 SR 1612 GR158
  • Nethircote 1496 ADii
  • Nethercott 1617 FF

Etymology

Nethercote, Nederchote Ric 1 (1372) Ch, Nethercota , Nethercote 1192 P, 1327SR (p)et freq to 1612GR 158, Nethircote 1496 AD ii, Nethercott 1617FF . 'Lower cottage', v. neoðera , cot .