Dulcote,   Somerset
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  • Landmarks
    • The Bone Caves
    • The Cottage Ruins
    • The Manor
    • The Court
    • The Quarries
    • The Mills
    • The Farms
    • The School/Chapel
    • The Fountain
    • The White Horse
  • Ownership
    • Who Owned Dulcote?
    • Elizabethan Times in Dulcote
    • Georgian Times in Dulcote
    • Victorian Times in Dulcote
  • On This Day In Dulcote ...
    • A Very Ille Rokky Waye
    • Court In Session >
      • Dulcote and Chilcote
      • Guardians
      • Anne Dodington
      • Free Tenants
      • Burgess
      • Amerced
      • Homage
      • Sworn
      • Heriot
      • Good repair
      • Water fouling
      • Copyhold
      • Hanger
      • Boundaries
      • Without heir
      • Customary tenant
      • Casting of earth
      • Steward
    • A Monument of Our Esteem
    • Long Live The King!
    • The Villagers' Loss
    • 1913 Land Sale >
      • Architectural Drawing
      • Cottage Interiors
      • 1913 Land Map of Dulcote
  • Maps
    • 1610 Map
    • 1829 Map >
      • Land Features
      • Area Roads
      • Main Village
    • 1884 Map
    • 1900 Map
    • Dulcote Aerial View
    • From Dulcote HIll
    • Dulcote Today
  • History in Photos
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Dulcote  Landmarks ...

The Bone caves
cottage ruins
the manor
the court
the  Quarries
the  mills
the  Farms
the  school/chapel
the fountain
the white horse
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 The name of Dulcote has existed for at least one thousand years.  The name appears in an Anglo-Saxon charter, dated May 1065 at Windsor, which transfers this land, along with other areas around Wells, from King Edward The Confessor to the Bishop of Wells. One possible meaning for the name of Dulcote is that it derives from Dultingcote, meaning "cottages/ shelters" by the River Doulting (former name of River Sheppey).   However, another possibility employs the rules  for deriving the meaning of place-names from ancient languages allowing us to suggest an alternative: dal meaning "valley" and cot meaning "shelters/ cottages".   The spelling of Dulcote has been rather arbitrary from centuries of record-keepers.  When researching this hamlet, look for the following variations: Dulcot, Dulcott, Dultingcot, Doultingcot and even Dulket.  



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