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, Cowley Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Upton Pyne

Historical Forms

  • Cuneleghe (sic) c.1200 NGl5,20
  • Couelegh(e) 1237 Fees613
  • Covelegh(e), Covelegh(e) juxta Exon 1389 FF
  • Covelegh Bridge (sic) 1286 HMCExeter
  • Cowlegh Brygge 1537 id

Etymology

'Cufa 's leah.' Cf. Cowley (Bk, Mx, O).

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Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement