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.

Cowhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Oldbury upon Severn

Historical Forms

  • super heyt cowehuylle, de heyf cowehuille 986 KCD654 l.14th
  • Cuhull(e) 1221 Ass 1262 FF
  • Cuhell' 1248 Ass
  • Cuill Hy3 BM
  • Cohull 1332 Orig
  • Couhull(e), Cowhull(e) 1287 Ass 1297 FF 1322 Ext 1475 IpmR
  • Cowhill 1497 AOMB 1701 PR
  • Cowell 1732 ib

Etymology

'Cow hill', v. , hyll .