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.

Gopher Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Huish

Historical Forms

  • Coffers Wood c.1840 TA

Etymology

[ vulgo koufər ] is Coffers Wood c. 1840TA , Coffer Wood c. 1885 6 ″ O.S .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement