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.

Fencot

Major Settlement in the Parish of Fencot and Murcot

Historical Forms

  • Fencota 1146 Abingdon c.1225
  • Feincota 1110–11 Abingdon c.1225
  • Faincote c.1225 Abingdon
  • Fennecote 1218 FF 1351 AD
  • Fenecote 1247 FF

Etymology

'Cottage(s) on marshy ground,' v. cot(e), fenn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement