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.

Bulcote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bulcote

Historical Forms

  • Bulecote 1086 DB 1235 Fees 1236 FF 1270 Ass
  • Bulcote 1242 Fees 1302 FA 1318 FF
  • Bulcote Hawe 1335 Ass
  • Bolcote 1269 FF
  • Bullecote 1280 Ass
  • Bolcat 1673 ParReg(Bridgford)
  • Bucot 1756 ib
  • Boocat 1717 ib

Etymology

'Bull cotes or sheds,' v. cot(e). Cf. Lamcote Ho infra 240.For hawe , v. haga , hagi .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name