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.

Upper and Lower Milcote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Milcote

Historical Forms

  • Mulecote 710 BCS127 14th FF 1325
  • alia Mulecote early13th Evesham
  • Mulecote super Avene 1245 Cl
  • Mulecote super Estoure 1285 QW
  • Mulcote 1280 Ipm 1316 FA 1377 Pat
  • Mulcote on Avene 1361 Pat
  • Over Mulcote, Nether Mulcote 1374 IpmR
  • Mylecote 11th Heming
  • Milecota c.1086 Evesham 1190
  • Millecote 1285 Ass
  • Myllcote 1558 ADv
  • Melecote 1086 DB 1167 P 1221 ChR 1247 Ipm
  • Melecotes 1231 Pat
  • Milcote 1275 Cl
  • Milcott super Avon al. Milcott super Store 1689 Recov
  • Over Mulecote, Nether Mulecote 1373 IpmR

Etymology

This is probably OE  myln cot (e ), 'mill-cottage(s),' though the early and persistent disappearance of the n is remarkable.

Places in the same Parish

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