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Cop Keld Brook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hackness

Historical Forms

  • Coppekeld(e)broc(h) 1108–14 Whitby
  • Copcheldebroc 1109–14 YCh
  • Copkeldebroc, Copkeldebrok 1199 Whitby 1204 ChR 1279–81 QW
  • Cocheldbrok 1308 Whitby

Etymology

'Stream which flows from a spring on the top of a hill' v. copp , kelda , broc .