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.

Can Court

Other OS name in the Parish of Ampney St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Cancourt(e) farm 1633 Rogers 1639 Inq

Etymology

, Cancourt (e )farm 1633Rogers 7, 1639 Inq , possibly from the ME  surname Canne ( Reaney 59 ) , v. court ; cf. also Canford (iii, 142infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement