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.

Coppy Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Copthall 1597 PRGis

Etymology

, Copthall 1597 PRGis , probably ' peaked hill ' , v. copped , hyll ; there is now a plantation on it , hence Coppy ( v. copeiz ' coppice ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site