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.

Littlecote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ramsbury

Historical Forms

  • Litlecota 1187 P
  • Litlecot' 1279 Ass
  • Littlecote juxta Remmesburi 1329 ADv.

Etymology

Littlecote is Litlecota 1187 P, Litlecot '1279Ass , Littlecote juxta Remmesburi 1329 AD v. 'Little cot(e).'