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.

Morcott

Major Settlement in the Parish of Morcott

Historical Forms

  • Morcot(t) 1086 DB 1185 Dom 1203 FF 1362,1373 Conant 1543 et freq
  • Morkot(e) 1255,1256 Cl 1354 Pat
  • Morcott 1495,1505 Rut 1518 EpCB 1535 VE
  • Morecot(e) 1263 Ass 1324 Conant 1555 et passim
  • Morecott 1535 VE 1552 Conant 1610 Speed

Etymology

'The cottage on the moorland', v. mōr 1 , cot .