Wilcot
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wilcot
Historical Forms
- (æt) Wilcotum 940 BCS748
- Wilcote 1086 DB 1189 WMxvi 1341 NI
- Wylecote 1268 Ass 1291 Tax 1297 FF 1327 SR
- Wilecote 1275 RH 1289 Ass
- Welcot(e) 1279,1281,1289 ib
Etymology
Probably 'cottages by the spring,' v. wielle , cot(e). The OE form is from the dative plural cotum .