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.

Prescott

Other OS name in the Parish of Meshaw

Historical Forms

  • Prestecota 1175 P
  • Prustecote 1298 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Prestecota 1175 P (p), Prustecote 1298Ass . ' Priests' cot(e) . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement