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.

Copthorne

Other OS name in the Parish of Burstow

Historical Forms

  • Coppedethorne 1437 Ct
  • Copthorne Comon c.1650 Add

Etymology

is Coppedethorne 1437Ct , Copthorne Comon c. 1650Add . ' Copped thorntree . ' The original site may have been in Sussex ( cf. PN Sx 284 ) . Cf. Copthorne Hundred supra 67 .