English Place-name Society

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.

Copthill

Other OS name in the Parish of Blidworth

Historical Forms

  • Copt Hill ib.

Etymology

is Copt Hill ib. , from copped , ' pollarded . ' “ The hill is a subsidiary flat - topped hill within a rather large valley ” ( ex inf . H.H.S . ) .