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.

Pen Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Abbott

Historical Forms

  • Penn 1839 TA

Etymology

, Penn (Plant .) 1839TA , at 700 ′ on the SE slopes of Lewesdon Hill in Broadwindsor par . supra , so perhaps from penn 1 ' hill ' , alternatively from penn 2 ' enclosure, fold ' .