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.

Alcott Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alvechurch

Historical Forms

  • Alecote 1275 SR
  • Alcote 1299 RBB 18th
  • Alcoteʒelde 1408 EcclVar
  • Awcot 1587 ADiii
  • Alcott yeild 1650 Comp

Etymology

'Aella's cottages,' v. cot . For -ʒelde v. Burcot in Bromsgrove infra 339.