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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

The Nedge, Nedge Cop

Other OS name in the Parish of St Briavels

Historical Forms

  • Edge Cop 1777 M

Etymology

, 1842TA , Edge Cop 1777 M , cf. Nedgefieldes 1637 InqM , v. atten , ecg , copp ' hill-top ' ; the names refer to separate scarps more than a mile apart .