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.

Tocketts

Major Settlement in the Parish of Guisborough

Historical Forms

  • Theoscota 1043–60 SD 12
  • Toscutun, Tocstune 1086 DB
  • Toucotes c.1180 Guis 1404,1412 YI
  • Tofcotes 1187 P 1202 FF 1252 Ass
  • Toscotes 1202 FF
  • Thocotes 1202 FF 1230–50 Guis 1279 YI
  • Tokotes 1301 LS
  • Tochotes 1303 KF
  • Tocotes 1369 FF
  • Toukotes 1338 Baildon
  • Tockets 1665 Visit

Etymology

v. cot . The forms are too conflicting and uncertain in themselves for any satisfactory solution of the first element to be offered.