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.

Whitcott

Other OS name in the Parish of Twitchen

Historical Forms

  • Whetecote 1581 SR
  • Wheatcott 1632 Recov

Etymology

is Whetecote 1581SR ,Wheatcott 1632Recov . The 16th and 17th cent , forms probably give the correct etymology .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement