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.

Copyhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Mungrisdale

Historical Forms

  • Coppyhill in Grisedal 1706 PR(Greystoke)
  • Copan hill 1794 MapH

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Coppyhill in Grisedal 1706 PR (Greystoke), Copan hill 1794 MapH . Apparently ' copped ' or truncated hill .