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.

Ivory Copse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whiteparish

Etymology

Ivory Copse (6″). Cf. Ryvere 1397 IpmR, la Yevere in hundredo de Frustesfeld 1412 FA, Yver 1430FF , Uverey 1456 IpmR, le Ryver 1526Ct , Every Coppice 1637 WIpm. 'At the bank or steep slope,' v. Rivar supra 355 and yfer infra 450.