Whatcote
Major Settlement in the Parish of Whatcote
Historical Forms
- Quatercote 1086 DB
- Quatcote c.1186 BM
- Whatcote 1206 FF 1236,1326 Ch 1286 FF 1656 Dugdale
- Wathcot(e) 12th ADii 1206 Cur 1272 FF
- Watcot(e) 1206 Cur 1279 Nott 1281 Wigorn 1285 Ass 1535 VE
- Wahtcot(e) 1280 Compton
Etymology
Probably 'wheat cot(e),' i.e. near which wheat was cultivated, the DB form being a clerical error. For initial Qu - v. Introd. xxvi.
Places in the same Parish
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