The Sign

The Name and Population
Copdock and Washbrook is now a single parish, merged in 1994 with an estimated population of 1,114 at the 2011 census. Copdock was not mentioned in the Domesday Book and was called Coppedoc in 1195 and Coppedac in 1254. The name means "The pollarded oak tree (the top of the tree being removed)", from Old English. Washbrook was not mentioned in 1086, but was called Wasebroc in 1198 and Wassebroc in 1254. The name means "The brook used for washing (sheep or clothes), or the brook liable to flood", from Old English.

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