Heathcote (surname)
Heathcote is a surname rooted in English topography which literally means "Heath Cottage".[1][2] The location in Derbyshire was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Hedcote", and as "Hethcote" in 1244. The location in Warwickshire appears is written "Hethcot" in the 1196 Feet of Fines for the county.[3] The Anglo-Saxon surname "Heathcote" originates from a hamlet that stands high on the barren hills above Dovedale and Hartington. The place-name refers to a cottage on a heath or wasteland where was found an outlying farm or grange of Grendon Abbey. The said Grendon Abbey was founded in 1133. Some of the earliest references to the grange at Heathcote are found in records of the 1300 and 15th century.[4]
Some variations of the name are "Heathcoat" and "Heathcote".
North America[]
Immigration records shows that some of the earliest North American immigrants had the surname Heathcote in one of its various forms. These included:
- John Heathcoate arrived in Jamaica in 1685
- Jasper Heathcoat arrived in New England in 1850
- Edward and James Heathcote settled in Virginia in 1721
Notable Heathcotes[]
- Alastair Heathcote (b. 1977), British rower
- Alfred Spencer Heathcote (1832–1912): English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Andy Heathcote (b. 1964): Awarded Scottish filmmaker
- Bella Heathcote (b. 1987): Australian actress
- Caleb Heathcote (1666–1721): Mayor of New York City, Brother of Sir Gilbert Heathcote
- Charles Heathcote (1850–1938): A British architect
- Cliff Heathcote (1898–1939), American baseball player
- Dorothy Heathcote (1926–2011), drama educator
- Edwin Heathcote (b. 1968), British architect
- , artist of the young Queen Victoria
- Sir Francis Heathcote, 9th Baronet (1868–1961), Canadian clergyman
- Gilbert Heathcote (disambiguation)
- Ph.D.: Professor of Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering at the University of Guelph
- Henry Heathcote (1777–1851), Royal Navy officer
- Joe Heathcote (b. 1878), English footballer
- John Heathcote (disambiguation)
- Jud Heathcote (1927–2017), American college basketball coach, won 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament with Michigan State
- Michael Heathcote (b. 1965), English footballer
- Norman Heathcote, British author, watercolourist and photographer
- Paul Heathcote, British restaurateur
- Richard Edensor Heathcote (1780–1850), British politician
- Robert Heathcote (b. 1864), British archer
- Sophie Heathcote (1972–2006): Australian actress
- Thomas Heathcote (1917–1986), British actor
- Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet (1693–1751), British politician
- Sir William Heathcote, 5th Baronet (1801–1881), British politician
See also[]
References[]
- Surnames