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.

Kittitoe

Other OS name in the Parish of Martinhoe

Historical Forms

  • Ketecote 1244 Ass
  • Kytecote 1333 SR

Etymology

is Ketecote 1244Ass , Kytecote 1333SR (p) . ' Kite ' or ' Cȳta 's cot(e) , ' cf. cytanford (KCD 714) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement