Copplestone (EN) / Menomborth (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Lesnewth
Hundred: 
Lesnewth
Elements: 

men

Meaning: 
stone

omborth

Meaning: 
balanced
Elements notes: 
OWS copel ‘unsteady, rocking’ + stán ‘stone, stony’ECF: men 'stone' + omborth 'balanced'
Historic forms: 
Coppleston c1570 (Gover, 1948) Cobstone 1628 (Gover, 1948)