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.

Hessacott

Other OS name in the Parish of Werrington

Historical Forms

  • Hirscote 1330 SR

Etymology

is Hirscote 1330SR (p) . The first element is possibly identical with that of Hescott supra 74 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement