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.

Prescott

Other OS name in the Parish of Culmstock

Historical Forms

Prestecote 1238 Ass 1370 Exon

Prustecote 1339 Ass

Etymology

is Prestecote 1238Ass (p), 1370 Exon, Prustecote 1339Ass (p) . ' Priests'cot(e) . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Culmstock