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.

Nightwood Copse

Early-attested site in the Parish of East and West Grimstead

Historical Forms

  • Knyghtwode t.Ed3,t.Eliz For
  • Knight Wood c.1840 TA

Etymology

Nightwood Copse is Knyghtwode t. Ed 3, t. ElizFor , Knight Wood c. 1840TA . 'Wood of the “knights” or serving men,' v. cniht and cf. Knightwood in North Baddesley (Ha), Knyghtwode t. Ed 2For .