Cop Court, Upper Copcourt Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Aston Rowant
Historical Forms
- Cobicote 1199 Cur
- Cobbecote 14th Thame c.1427 AD
- Cobbecotes 1428 FA
- Cupicot' 1199(freq),1200 Cur
- Cupicote 1199 Cur
- Copicote 1200 P 1285 Ass
- Coppecot' 1251 Cl
- Coppecote 1287 FF 1377 Cl
- Copycot 1297 CornAcc
- Copecote 1316 FA
- Cobcot 1407–8 AD early18th ParColl 1797 Davis
- Cobcotte 1427 AD
- Cobcote 1508 Ipm
- Copcote 1538 AD
Etymology
The second element is cot(e). The first could be any one of the personal names Coppa , Cuba , *Cobba . Alternatively it could be either the word copp , 'top, summit,' or the word *cobb (e ), assumed by Ekwall (DEPN) as the source of Cobb Do. There is the hill called Prospect Hill rather less than three-quarters of a mile to the north, and the tumulus of Adwell Cop rather more than a mile to the south.'Cottage(s) by the hill' is good sense, but cot(e) is very frequently compounded with a personal name as first element. The original second element has been replaced by court , as being more appropriate to the building with a moat, part of which survives.