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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cowley

Historical Forms

  • Cofenlea 959 BCS1050 13th
  • Cofanlea 998 Thorpe 13th
  • Coflei 1214 Cur
  • Covelie 1086 DB
  • Coueleg' 1204 FF 1440 FF
  • Cowelee 1294 Ch
  • Cowle 1428 FA
  • Cowley 1535 VE

Etymology

'Cofa 's clearing or wood,' v. leah . Identical in origin with Cowley (PN Bk 64, PN D 455). Cf. also Coventry (PN Wa 160).

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