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.

Settlement Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Halstock

Historical Forms

  • Settlement 1799 ERO 1842 TA

Etymology

, Settlement 1799ERO , 1842TA , one of Thomas Hollis 's arbitrary names ( v. note under f. ns . infra ) , an allusion to the Act of Settlement 1701 .