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.

Littlecourt

Early-attested site in the Parish of Worton

Historical Forms

  • Lytlecote 1279 Ass
  • Litlecote 1289 ib

Etymology

Littlecourt (6″) is Lytlecote 1279Ass (p), 1281, Litlecote 1289 ib.'Little cot(e).' For the modern form cf. Westcourt infra 338.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement