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.

Quoits Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • Co(y)tesheyes 1368 For
  • Coyteshayes, Coyteshaies 1501 GillCt
  • Coytes 1609 LRMB
  • Quoits 1838 TA

Etymology

, Co (y )tesheyes 1368For , Coyteshayes , Coyteshaies 1501GillCt , Coytes 1609LRMB , Quoits 1838TA , v. (ge)hæg ' enclosure ' , cf. William le Coyt 1292GillCt , John Coyt 1327SR .