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.

Hagbourne Copse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lydiard Tregoze

Historical Forms

  • Hagbourne Coppice c.1840 TA

Etymology

Hagbourne Copse is Hagbourne Coppice c. 1840TA . The form Hackburn quoted infra 276 suggests that the stream here was so called from the numerous little turns in its course, deriving its name from OE  haca , 'hook' and burna .