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.

Fewcot

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoke Lyne

Historical Forms

Feaucot' a.1185 S c.1280

Weucote 1185 Templars

Faucot' 1208 Cur

Fauecote 1224 FF

Facott 1259 Fine

Feucote 1316 FA

Fewcotte 1517 DInc

Etymology

'Few cottages,' OE fēawe cotu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Stoke Lyne