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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.

Setcopp

Early-attested site in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • Settecop(p) 1220–35 YDiv 1282 YDv
  • Setcop(pe) 1368,1434,1444 YDvi
  • le Setecop 1444 ib

Etymology

Setcopp (lost), Settecop (p )1220–35 YD iv, 1282 YD v, Setcop (pe )1368, 1434, 1444 YD vi, le Setecop 1444 ib, a further YW example of OE  set-copp 'flat-topped hill', cf. Sid Cop i, 281supra ; there is also a Set Cop in Kearby 41infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name