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.

Prescott

Major Settlement in the Parish of Prescott

Historical Forms

  • Prestechota 1175 WinchLB
  • Prestecot(a), Prestecote, Prestekote 12 Pat 1496 WinchLB l.12 1287 Tax 1291
  • Prestcote 1327 SR
  • Prescote 1535 VE 1545 LP 1695 PR

Etymology

'The priests' cottage', v. prēost , cot .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name