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Survey of English Place-Names

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Coupland, Coupland Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Warcop

Historical Forms

  • Coup(e)manebec(crokes) 13,l.14 Wyb
  • Coup(e)landbek 1382 Pat 1475 Wyb
  • Coupland(beck) 1679 NWm
  • Cowplandbeck 1684 BdyR

Etymology

Coupland, Coupland Beck, Coup (e )manebec (crokes )13, l. 14Wyb , Coup (e )landbek 1382 Pat, 1475Wyb , Coupland (beck )1679 NWm 11, Cowplandbeck 1684BdyR . Probably (despite the earliest form which has been influenced by ON  kaup -maðr 'merchant') this is from ON  kaupaland 'land acquired by purchase' (as distinct from inherited land), which occurs elsewhere in Copeland (Cu 2, 37, Du 52), cf. Lindkvist 145–6; v. bekkr , krókr .