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Survey of English Place-Names

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Copley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Coppeley(a), Coppelay e.13 Arm 13 1246 Ass4d 1276–1326 WCR 1305 Abbr 1539 PRHfx
  • Copelay 13 YDvii
  • Coplay, Copley(e) 1416 YDii 1419 YDi 1459 Testii 1654 WillS

Etymology

Copley, Coppeley (a ), Coppelay e. 13 Arm (p), 13Lewes 296(p), YD vii(p), 1246Ass 4d, 1276–1326 WCR (freq ), 1305 Abbret freq to 1539 PRHfx, Copelay 13 YD vii(p), Coplay , Copley (e )1416 YD ii, 1419 YD i, 1459 Test iiet passim to 1654 WillS. 'Clearing by the hill-top', v. copp , lēah ; the reference is to the steep headland above the R. Calder.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement