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.

Copgrove

Major Settlement in the Parish of Copgrove

Historical Forms

  • Copegrave 1086 DB 13 YDvi 1214 Abbr
  • Coppegraua, Coppegrave 1166,1167 P 1195,1200 Cur 1220 FF 1362 ADi
  • Copgraue, Copgrave 1276 RH 1291 Tax 1428 FA 1606 FF

Etymology

'Coppa's grove', from an OE  pers.n. Coppa (DB, v. also Cobden Sx 179, Copford Ess 385) and grāf .