Woolscot
Early-attested site in the Parish of Grandborough
Historical Forms
- Wulscote c.1235 Magdalen 1452 ADiii
- fields of Wulscote 1245 Magdalen
- Wlscote c.1255 ADv
- Wollscote 1447 ADiv
- Wolscote 1511 ADv
- Wolsecote 1544 LP
- Wullescote 1247 Ass
- Wollescote 1283 FF 1547 Monast
- Wllescote 1285 Ass
- Woleskote 1285 FF
- Wulvescot' 1336 Coventry
- Woscote 1533 FF
- Wooscote 1569 PCC
- Wooscott 1610 Recov 1627 Sess
- Woscott al. Woolscott 1649 FF
- Woscot 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
According to Dugdale (211), this place was Wulvescote in “old records.” This statement finds support in the form from the Coventry Cartulary which may have been copied from some earlier document, now lost. If this is correct, the meaning is 'Wulf 's cot(e),' the first element being the animal-name here used as a pers. name.