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.

Westcote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Westcote

Historical Forms

  • Westcote 1315,1382 MinAcct 1499 Ipm 1726 PR
  • Over Westcote, Nether Westcote 1515–29 ECP
  • Wescote 1457 ADii
  • Nether Wescote, Ouer Wescote 1547 FF
  • Westcot(e) c.1220 Berk 1232 Ch

Etymology

'West cottage', v. west , cot .

Places in the same Parish