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.

Westlecott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wroughton

Historical Forms

  • Wichelestote (sic) 1086 DB
  • Wikelescote, Wykelescote 1175 P 1225 FineR 1286 FF
  • Wikelescote juxta Elyndon 1298 Ass
  • Wiclescote, Wyclescote 1228 FF 1314 Ch
  • Wec(c)kelescote 13th ADiv 1242 Fees
  • Wekelescote 1274 Ass 1337 Ipm
  • Wec(k)lescote 1289 Ass 1312 FF
  • Wykenescote 1428 FA
  • Wiglescote 1455 IpmR
  • Wegillescote 1497 Ipm
  • Weglestok 1541 WMxliv
  • Westlecot 1629 SR
  • Westcot al. Wigglescot 1642 WIpm
  • Weselcourt 1677 Sadler

Etymology

The first element here would seem to be a personal name Wicel , otherwise unrecorded, deriving perhaps from the element Wic found in the OE  personal name Uicbercht (LVD). Hence 'Wicel 's cottages,' v. cot(e).