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.

Cowden Parva

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mappleton

Historical Forms

  • Coldun 1086 DB
  • Parva Coldon c.1265 KF
  • Parva Coldoun 1297 LS
  • Little Cowden 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

Cowden Parva is Coldun 1086 DB, Parva Coldon c. 1265 KF et freq , Parva Coldoun 1297 LS, Little Cowden 1650 ParlSurv, with other forms and meaning as for Great Cowden supra .

Places in the same Parish