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.

Oscote Barn & Oscote Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Church Eaton

Historical Forms

  • Auscott, Auskott 1597 QSR

Etymology

, Auscott , Auskott 1597 QSR , perhaps ' the shed witha sheep-fold ' , v. eowestre , cot , cf. Osborne Wt , Austeburn 1316 . The forms are too late for any certain etymology .