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.

Cowridge End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Luton

Historical Forms

Curegge 1196 Wheti.421

Kuruge 1202 FF

Curruge 1247 Ass

Courigge 1276 Ass 1327 Ipm

Courugg(e) 1297 SR (p), Ipm

Etymology

'Cow-ridge' v. cu , hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Luton