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Eastcott, Nethercott, Westcott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swindon

Historical Forms

  • Neyerkote 1252 ADvi
  • Nethercot(e) 1255 RH
  • Nethercot(e) in the hundred of Blakegrove 1278 Ipm
  • Nethercot(e) juxta Hegheswyndon 1346 Ass
  • Netherecot(e) 1276 FF
  • Nuthercot(e) 1337 Ipm
  • Estcote 1276 FF 1332 SR
  • Estcote juxta Hegheswyndon 1346 Ass
  • Escote 1340 FF
  • Iskott 1558–79 ECP
  • Eastcott 1820 G
  • Westcot(e) 1289 Ass 1332 SR
  • Wescott 1566 Recov
  • Westcott 1820 G
  • Nethercott oth. Eastcott oth. Westcott oth. Overcott 1799 Recov

Etymology

Former hamlets of Swindon, v. cot(e), neoðera , 'lower.'Eastcott and Westcott are marked in Greenwood's map (1820), but the sites are now covered by the Railway works.

Places in the same Parish