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.

Copland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dartington

Historical Forms

  • Coperenesland 1333 SR
  • Coppislond 1505 Ipm
  • Coperislond 1548 Pat

Etymology

The first form is probably an error for Copeneresland with the same family name Copenere noted under Cadbury Barton infra 377.