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.

Milcote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Milcote

Historical Forms

  • Mulecote 710 BCS127 14th FF 1325
  • Mulecote upon Avene, Mulecote upon Esture 1245,1246 Ch
  • Mel(e)cote 1086 DB 1167 P 1287 Cl
  • Mulcote 1330 FF

Etymology

with other spellings as given in Wa 236. 'Mill cottage', v. myln , cot ; it is near the confluence of the Avon and the Stour.

Places in the same Parish

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