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.

Bodicote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bodicote

Historical Forms

  • Bodicote 1086 DB
  • Bodycote 1247,1285 Ass
  • Budicote 1180,1190 P
  • Boidecot 1220 Fees
  • Bidicote 1239 Eynsh
  • Bedecote 1285 Ass

Etymology

'Boda 's cot(e),' with connective -ing.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site