Copthorne Hundred
Hundred in the County of Surrey
Historical Forms
- Copededorne, Copedorne 1086 DB
- Copdethorn 1279 Ass
- Copthorn' 1545 SR
Etymology
'At the copped (pollarded) thorn tree,' v. coppede , þorn .Cf. to þan coppedan þorne (BCS 740). The site of the Hundred meeting-place is unknown. There is a field called Copthorn in Ashtead and also one in Banstead, but they are not adjacent and it is uncertain whether either of them preserves the hundred- name.