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.

Kencott

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kencott

Historical Forms

  • Chenetone 1086 DB
  • Chenicota c.1130 OxonCh
  • Chenigcote 1163 Poole
  • Kenicot c.1150–60 Frid 1361 Ipm
  • Kenigcot' 1227–8 WellsR
  • Kenecot' 1229 Cl
  • Kenecote 1268,85 Ass 1278–9 RH 1349 Ipm
  • Kencot c.1190–1200 Frid c.1425
  • Kencote 1428 FA
  • Kenningcote c.1195 AddCh
  • Canicot' 1220 Fees

Etymology

'C ǣ na 's cottage,' v. ing , cot(e). The personal name could be a diminutive of that contained in the nearby Kelmscot.

Places in the same Parish

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