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.

Ascott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stadhampton

Historical Forms

  • Escota c.1095 RegAntiquiss c.1225
  • Escote 1200 Cur 1370 Cl
  • Estcote c.1190 Os 1389 Os
  • Ascot' 1278–9 RH
  • Ascote 1300 AD 1428 FA
  • Astecote 1285 Ass
  • Ast Cote 1291 Cl

Etymology

'East cot(e).'