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.

Cobditch Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Britwell

Historical Forms

  • Coppediche c.1200 Os
  • Copedich(e), Coppisdiche 1522–3 Rental

Etymology

Cobditch Hill is Coppediche c. 1200 Os, Copedich (e ), Coppisdiche 1522–3Rental . 'Hill by the entrenchment,' v. copp , dīc . There is a ditch marked on the O.S. maps in Swyncombe, just over a mile to the south.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name