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.

Shredicote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradley

Historical Forms

  • Scradycote, Scradicot(e), Scradecote 1221 Cur 1229 Ass 1280 Ipm 1293 QW 1307 GDR
  • Schradecot 1220 Cur
  • Shraddicote 1315 Ipm
  • Schradyncot' 1336 Bagot
  • Shradyncot', Shradecot(e) 1220,1224 Cur 1221 FF 1284 Ch 1290 Ipm 1327 SR 1366to1480 Banco 1401 StaffAcc 1473 Ct
  • Shradycote, Shradicote 1220 Ass 1221to1561 FF 1230 Cur 1282 CoramR 1284 Ch 1307to1352 Banco 1373 Ipm 1535 VE 1460 StaffAcc 1472 Ct 1535 Survey
  • Shredicot(t) 1561,1616 FF 1755 Bowen 1775 Yates
  • Shredicote 1834 O

Etymology

'The cottage on the piece of land cut off', v. scrēad , -ig , cot(e).For this use of scrēad, cf. a similar use of snǣd .