_Wyle Cop_ (Vol. iv., pp. 116. 243.).--_Cop_ is not a _hill_ or _head_,
as Mr. Lawrence supposes, and as the word certainly signifies in some
parts of England, but a _bank_. The artificial banks which confine the
Dee at and below Chester were called fifty years ago, and I dare say are
still called, _Cops_, with distinctive names. By SALOPIAN'S account,
_Wyle Cop_ is such a bank. I cannot explain _Wyle_, but think it
probable that it was the name of some former proprietor of the ground.
It however no more needs explanation than if it were joined to _Street_
or _Lane_, instead of to _Cop_.