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.

Coverham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Coverham

Historical Forms

  • Covreham 1086 DB
  • Coverham 12 Cov
  • Couerhaim 1177 P

Etymology

'Farm on the river Cover' v. ham . The P form contains ON  heim. Cf. also Coverhede (1405 AD i), now Cover Head.