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.

Cowside

Other OS name in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Cowsed 1548 WillY
  • Cosheyde 1575 ib
  • Cowside 1583 Raist 1635 Lord

Etymology

, Cowsed 1548WillY, Cosheyde 1575 ib, Cowside 1583Raist , 1635Lord , v. , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name