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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sid Cop

Early-attested site in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Settecoppeslay l.12 Nost70d
  • Sedecop 1350 Brett
  • Schortsetcop 1451 ib
  • (Far) Sidcop 1845 TA

Etymology

Sid Cop, Settecoppeslay l. 12Nost 70d, Sedecop 1350 Brett, Schortsetcop 1451 ib, (Far ) Sidcop 1845TA . v. set-copp 'seat-shaped hill'; this p.n., Sackup Lane 318, Setcopp (Spofforth) and Set Cop (Kearby) pt. v infra are further examples of this common compound found in such p.ns. as Sidcup K 18. Here also it is the name of a hill (cf. also Cophills f.n. infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site