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.

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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