Wilnecote
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tamworth
Historical Forms
- Wilmundecote 1086 DB 1332 SR
- Wilmundecota 1166 P
- Wilmundicote 1221 Ass 1313 Pat
- Wilmindecote 1290 FF 1327 SR
- Wilmecota, Wilmecote 1217 Bracton 1606 FF
- Wilnecote 1316 FA
- Wilmecote al. Wilnecote 1607 FF
- Wilmondecote 1272 Ipm
- Wilmondekot 1318 ib
- Wylmedecot 1274,1298 Ipm
- Willemondcot 1274 ib
- Wilmendecote 1315 ib
- Wilmencote 1298,1315 Ipm
- Wilmenkot al. Wilmecote 1326 ib
- Wymencote 1326 Pat
- Wylmyncote 1336 1356 BM
- Wilmoncote 1375 ADiii
- Wincote 1656 Dugdale
- Wilnecote al. Wincote 1694 Recov
- Wilmundecote al. Wilmecote al. Wilnecote 1663 FF
Etymology
'Wilmund 's cot(e),' cf. Wilmcote infra 198. The absence of the genitival s and the i of the 1221 and 1313 forms suggest that the original name may have been Wilmundingcot (e ), v. ing .