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.

Walcote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Misterton

Historical Forms

  • Walecote 1086 DB 1166 RBE 1176 P 1278 Goodacre 1288 Pat 1316 Cl 1322 Pat
  • Wallecot(e) 1166 LN l.12 AD
  • Walcote 1288 Ass 1298 Banco
  • Walcot 1520,1524 Ipm 1535 Fine 1616 AD
  • Wawcut 1727 LML

Etymology

'The cottage(s) of the Britons or (British) serfs', v. walh (wala gen.pl.), cot (cotu nom.pl.). Walton ('the farmstead or village of the Britons') lies some five miles to the north-east.