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.

Tickencote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tickencote

Historical Forms

  • Tichecote 1086 DB
  • Tichencote Hy3 Dane
  • Tichencota l12 ib
  • Tichenchote 1184 ib
  • Tykencot(e), Tikencot(e), -k- 1199 FF 1202 Ass 1234 RHug 1550 Fine
  • Tykincot(e), Tikincot(e), Tikyncot(e) 1202 Ass 1234 RHug 1553 Conant
  • Thicencote 1185 Templar
  • Thikencot 1253 Ipm
  • Tekencote, Tekyncote 1288 FF 1432 ELiW
  • Tekyngcote 1553 FF
  • Tykyngcote 1553 Conant
  • Tyckyngcote 1552 ib
  • Tyckingecote 1553 ib
  • Tickencote 1610 Speed

Etymology

'The shelter or shed where young goats are kept', v. ticcen , cot .