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.

Old Cote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Vlecotes, Ulecotes 12,13 Font 1239 Ch 1246,1262 Font 1349 Ch
  • Oul(e)cotes, Oul(e)cotez 1198 Fount 1285 KI 1496 FF
  • Owl(e)cotes 1457 FountBurs 1562 WillY
  • Owl(e)coottes 1524 Testv
  • Ulcot(t)es 1535 VE 1546 YChant
  • Ulcoots 1571,1594 FF
  • Oolcotes 1611 FF
  • Ould Coates 1632 WRC

Etymology

'Owl-haunted cottages', v. ūle , cot , cf. Owl Cotes iii, 236, vi, 13supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site