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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.

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 .