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.

Wescoe

Other OS name in the Parish of Threlkeld

Historical Forms

  • Weastkoe 1571 ElizKes
  • Weskaye 1628 Derwent
  • Weskey 1726 PR(Crosthwaite)
  • Wescow 1787 ClarkeM

Etymology

is Weastkoe 1571 ElizKes, Weskaye 1628Derwent ,Weskey 1726 PR (Crosthwaite), Wescow 1787 ClarkeM . Apparently ' west wood , ' v. skógr .