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.

Wilmcote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aston Cantlow

Historical Forms

  • Wilmundigcotan gemære 1016 KCD724 18th
  • Wilmundecot 1274 Cl 1285 Ass
  • Willemondecot 1274 Ipm
  • Wilmecote 1228 Pat 1262 Ass 1316 Ch
  • Wylmecote 1295 ib
  • Wilmedecot 1274 Ipm
  • Wynnecote 1295 FF
  • Wilmecoate al. Wimcott 1657 ib

Etymology

'Wilmund 's cottage(s)' with connective ing. v. cot(e) and cf. Wilnecote supra 27.