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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Preston Bisset

Historical Forms

  • Cufanlea 949 BCS883 12th
  • Coueleia c.1200 AddCh
  • Cuuele c.1200 Miss 14th Ch 1301
  • Couele 1227,1247,1262 Ass 1284 FA 1336 Pat 1341 Cl
  • Couelegha 1232 Bract 1241 Ass
  • Kouele 1242 Fees870
  • Couleye 1371 Cl
  • Coueley 1406,1465 Pat

Etymology

'Cufa's clearing' v. leah . For the pers. name v. Redin 90

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement