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.

Cowley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gawsworth

Historical Forms

  • Cowley 1831 Bry
  • Collegh' in Gouseworth 1286 Eyre
  • Coulegh 1398 ChRR

Etymology

Cowley, Cowley 1831 Bry, Collegh ' in Gouseworth 1286Eyre , Coulegh 1398 ChRR (p), 'charcoal glade', v. col 1 , lēah , cf. Colleymill 59supra .