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Survey of English Place-Names

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Couplands Laithe

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Caplandes 1586 Skp
  • Cape land 1839 TA

Etymology

, Caplandes 1586Skp 19, Cape land 1839TA , the modern form rather suggests ON  kaupa-land ' land acquired bypurchase ' ( with ON  au becoming - a - as in other p. ns . , cf. Phonol. § 8 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name