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Survey of English Place-Names

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Coupland Sike

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Coupland 1673–1756 PRi,113,160

Etymology

, 1859OS , probably named from the local family of Coupland 1673–1756 PR i, 113, 160 , ii , 12 , 57 , etc . , v. sīc ' stream ' , cf. Coupland , Copeland sike ( ii , 83 , 144 infra ) ; both these names or surnames are ultimately from ON kaupa-land ' land acquired by purchase ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement