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.

Ivers

Other OS name in the Parish of Woolland

Historical Forms

  • coppes callyd…Yeuers 1545 Prideaux
  • Yuers end 1563 Prideaux
  • Ivere coppice 1568 Prideaux
  • Ives Wood 1804 Salkeld
  • Iveys Wood 1839 TA

Etymology

, coppes callydYeuers 1545Prideaux , Yuers end 1563Prideaux ,Ivere coppice 1568Prideaux , Ives Wood 1804Salkeld ,Iveys Wood 1839TA , probably from yfer ' edge or brow of ahill ' , with ende ' end ' , copis ; Ivers is applied to part of the high ridge of Woolland Hill infra .