Woodmancote
Major Settlement in the Parish of Woodmancote
Historical Forms
- Odemanscote 1086 DB
- Wodemanescote 1271 Ass
- Wodemanecot 1240 FF
- Wudemanekote 1242 Fees689
- Wodemannecote 1358 Ipm 1400 IpmR
- Wodemancote 1291 Cl 1327 SR
- Wodmandecote 1361 IpmR
- Wodesmansthorne c. 1246 (AD iii)
Etymology
'Cottages of the woodman or woodmen,' or possibly even of 'a man called Wudemann ,' v. cot(e). In the Assize Roll of 1263 we have mention of Wdemanneshorn in Edburton and in AD 15514 (13th) of the parish of Wodemannestorne in this locality, so also Wodesmansthorne c. 1246 (AD iii), so that it would seem that at one time the village was named alternatively from the woodman's cottage or his thornbush.