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.

Foxcote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pedmore

Historical Forms

Foxcotun c.950 BCS1023 c.1400

Foxcote 1273,1293 Ipm 1338 FF

Etymology

'Fox-infested cottages,' or 'fox-earths,' v. fox , cot .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Pedmore