Cown Edge Rocks
Early-attested site in the Parish of New Mills
Historical Forms
- Colenegge Hy3 For
- Clonegg(e) 1285 ib
- Colneggesherd (sic) 1290 Ch
- The Cownedg 1640 Map
- Cown-edge 1687 DuLaSC
Etymology
Cown Edge Rocks, Colenegge Hy 3For , Clonegg (e )1285 ib, Colneggesherd (sic)1290 Ch, The Cownedg 1640Map , Cown-edge 1687DuLaSC , the first element being identical with Clowne infra 238, a Brit. river- name. The R. Sett rises near Far Cown Edge and Colūn must have been the old name of that river. Hence 'ridge above the Colūn ', v. ecg .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Aspenshaw Hall
- Beard Hall
- Beardhough
- Knightwake
- Ladyshaw Bottom
- Ollersett
- Raven Slack
- Rowarth
- Shedyard
- Strines
- Thornset
- Whitle
Other OS name
- Anderton Ho
- Bakehurst
- Ballbeard
- Bank Head
- Bate Mill
- Beard Mill
- Beardwood Fm
- Blake Hall
- Briergrove
- Broadhurst
- Brownhill
- Butcher's Piece Fm
- Butterbank Plantation
- Charson Green
- Cloughhead
- Coalpit Hill
- Cobsters
- Cold Harbour
- Crowther
- Diglands
- Downs Bank
- Eaves Knoll
- Far Slack
- Feeding Hey
- Gibb Hey
- Golden Spring
- Gowhole
- Hague Fold
- Hidebank
- Highfield
- High Hill
- High Lee
- Highwalls
- Hollinhurst Head
- Hollins
- Howcroft Fm
- Hutfall Plantation
- Jordanwall Nook
- Ladygate Fm
- Low Leighton
- Moor Lo
- Napkin Piece
- Nob Hall
- Over Lee
- Pole Lane
- Popples
- Redishaw
- Ringstones
- Robin Hood's Picking Rods
- Tanpits Fm
- Thecks
- Thornset Fields
- Watford Villa
- Wethercotes
- Whitle Bank
- Will Hey
- Windy Knowl