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WillowTheWhisp · 12-10-2006, 14:55

I was told when I was at Peel Park school that it was probaby a corruption of he word 'copse', which funnily enough is itself derived from 'coppice' but came to refer to any small wooded area rather than just a managed woodland of coppiced trees. Either way it was probably trees which belonged naturally to the area which them lot what we've got up there just don't seem to do. They look incongruous.

Mind you at school I was told that Accrington was so named because the town was surrounded by oak trees but we've had various disagreements about that too.

12-10-2006, 14:55	#30
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Curious visitors I was told when I was at Peel Park school that it was probaby a corruption of he word 'copse', which funnily enough is itself derived from 'coppice' but came to refer to any small wooded area rather than just a managed woodland of coppiced trees. Either way it was probably trees which belonged naturally to the area which them lot what we've got up there just don't seem to do. They look incongruous. Mind you at school I was told that Accrington was so named because the town was surrounded by oak trees but we've had various disagreements about that too. __________________