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.

Upper Prescote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Prescote

Historical Forms

  • Over Prescot 1797 Davis
  • Upper Prescott 1802 Loveday

Etymology

'Priests' cottage,' v. prēost , cot(e).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement