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.

Cowbridge Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mountnessing

Historical Forms

  • Cubrigeam 1086 DB
  • Cubrigg 1254 Pat
  • Coubrugg(e) 1358 Cl, Pat
  • Coubridge alias Cowbridge Grange 1606 EAviii

Etymology

Cowbridge Grange is Cubrigeam 1086 DB, Cubrigg 1254 Pat, Coubrugg (e )1358 Cl, Pat, Coubridge alias Cowbridge Grange 1606 EA viii. Self-explanatory. v. cu , brycg .