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.

Foscot

Early-attested site in the Parish of Idbury

Historical Forms

  • Foxcote 1086 DB early18th ParColl
  • Focscothe c.1181 Gor

Etymology

Cf. PN Wo xxxix. It is most probable that such names as Foxcote, Foxcott, Forscote, Foscott, Foscote contain OE  fox-cot(e) used in the sense 'foxes' earth.'

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement