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.

Hurdcott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barford St Martin

Historical Forms

  • Hardicote 1086 DB
  • Hurdecot(e) 1242 Fees 1249,1279,1289 Ass 1256 FF 1332 SR
  • Hurdecot(e) juxta Wilton 1305 FF
  • Hurcott 1659 PCC
  • Herdecote 1249,1268,1281 Ass 1283 Ch
  • Hyrdecot' 1268 Ass

Etymology

'Cot(e) of the herdsmen,' v. hierde . Cf. Hurdcott infra 384 and Hurcott (So), Hurdecote 1245 Ipm, Herdecote 1327 SR (p).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement