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Capple Stones

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Copple Stones 1843 TA

Etymology

, 1858 O.S. , Copple Stones 1843TA , probably kapall ' anag ' , stān ( for the type cf. Deer Stones iii, 147supra ) , but if the TA spelling is to be relied on it is from copel ' peak, crest ' ( perhaps in the sense ' standing stone ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site