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Survey of English Place-Names

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Green Cowden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bakewell

Historical Forms

  • Coudon Hy3 BelCh
  • vnam Grangiam sub' Coudon 1305 1412 ib
  • Cowdon graunge, Cowdyn grange c.1541 StarChamb
  • Cowden Howse 1549 BelCh
  • (a tenement…) Cowdon 1564 ib

Etymology

Green Cowden, Coudon Hy 3BelCh , vnam Grangiam sub ' Coudon 1305 ibet passim to 1412 ib, Cowdon graunge , Cowdyn grange c. 1541StarChamb , Cowden Howse 1549BelCh , (a tenement …) Cowdon 1564 ib, cf. Coudonflat 1305, 1318, 1336BelCh , Coudonmore Ed 1 ib, Coudonwalle 1305 ib (v. flat , mōr 1 , wælla ). 'Cow hill', v. , dūn . The epithet Green is late, being first noted in 1810EnclA .