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.

Darlingscott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tredington

Historical Forms

  • Derlingiscote 1272 Ipm
  • Derlingescote 1275,1327 SR 1273 Ipm 1284 Wigorn 1331 BM
  • Dorlingescote 1283 FF
  • Dorlyngscote 1323 Pat 1535 VE 1549 Pat
  • Darlingscot 16th Wills
  • Durlingscot 1724 Marr

Etymology

'Dēorling 's cottages,' v. cot . This name is not on record in OE , but there was a moneyer of Henry i named Derling , and a certain Derling had property in Lincoln in the reign of John.The present place-name may have arisen after the Conquest.

Places in the same Parish