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.

Vellacott

Other OS name in the Parish of Tawstock

Historical Forms

  • Wylyngcote 1333 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) may be identical with Wylyngcote 1333SR (p) , hence ' Willa 's cot(e) , ' v. ing . For interchange of w and v , v. Introd. xxxv .