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Summary

Lovacott was lovacota in domesday. It was a small manor held in saxon times by lofe, or love. It was held by ruald adobed after the conquest, and seems to have been merged at an early period (reichel).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS40NE/18

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (VIII to Late Medieval - 701 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV10926.

Reichel, o. J. /hundreds of devon(1928-1938)534,546,557,583/the hundred.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV10927.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)108.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242.

Lovacott was lovacota in domesday. It was a small manor held in saxon times by lofe, or love. It was held by ruald adobed after the conquest, and seems to have been merged at an early period (reichel).

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.

Lovacott is lovecota in the domesday book. It is also mentioned in the lay subsidy rolls of 1333 as 'lovecote'. The place takes its name from love the woman who held the manor. The old english form of her name would have been lufu (gover et al).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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