English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Hucclecote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hucclecote

Historical Forms

  • Hochilicote 1086 DB
  • Hoclicote, Hoclikote c.1260,1326 GlR 1327 SR
  • Lutle Hoclicote 1243 GlR
  • Wode Hoclicote 1316 1327 SR
  • Okeleycote 1287 Ass
  • Hu(c)kelicot(e) c.1220 GlR 1248 Ass
  • Wude Hu(c)kelicot(e) c.1260 GlR
  • Hukelin(g)cot' 1221 Ass
  • Hukelin(g)chote c.1260 GlR
  • Hucligcot' 1261 FF
  • Hokelecot(e) c.1260,1276 GlR 1320,1329 FF
  • Lutle Hokelecot(e) c.1250 GlR
  • Hoclecote 1540 AOMB
  • (Wode)hokelincot(e) 1253,1258,c.1260 GlR
  • Hokelcote, Hokilcote 1320 FF
  • Wode Hokilcote 1458 ib
  • (Wode)hoculcote 1537 MinAcct 1542 LP
  • Wodehuckelcote 1455 GR281
  • Huc(c)lecote c.1560 Surv 1590 FF

Etymology

'Hucela's cottage', v. ing 4 , cot . Ekwall has suggested an OE  pers.n. Hucel (a ) as in Hockleton (Sa) and Hugglescote (Lei). For the affixes v. lȳtel , wudu .