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.

Idlicote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Idlicote

Historical Forms

  • Etelincote 1086 DB
  • Edlicote 1403 IpmR
  • Utilicot(e) t.Hy1 Kenilworth 1211 RBE early13th CartMisc 1221 Ass 1275 RH 1291 Ch 1324 FF
  • Utelicota t.Hy1 Kenilworth 1170 Ch 1314 Cur 1199
  • Udelicota t.Hy1 Kenilworth 1122–5 Stafford
  • Udelicote 1272 Ass
  • Hudilicote 1262 ib
  • Uddelicote 1272 ib
  • Itelicota t.Hy1 Kenilworth 1122 Ch 1314
  • Itelicote 1232 Ass
  • Itlicote 1232 FF
  • Uttlescote 1265 Pat
  • Utlyngcote 1285 Ass
  • Utlicote 1291 1547 Monast
  • Ydelicote 1441 StratGild
  • Idolicote 1444 ib
  • Idlycote al. Utlycote 1568 FF
  • Iddlecote 1576 S
  • Idlicote al. Utlecote 1602 Recov

Etymology

This is 'Yttel (a )'s cottages,' v. cote , with connective ing as suggested by Ritter (123). He notes the occurrence of the pers. name Ytting , etc., in Ytingstoc (BCS 1054), yttingeshlaw (ib. 777) and yttingaford (ib. 1189), now Tiddingford (PN Bk 81).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site