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Survey of English Place-Names

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Coven

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brewood

Historical Forms

  • Cove 1086 DB
  • Covena 1116 LNS 1166 RBE 1175 P
  • Covene 1176 1212 Cur 1242 Fees c.1255 RH 1283to1412 Banco 1285 FA 1293to1338 Ass 1327,1332 SR 1433 FF
  • Kovene 1332 SR
  • Covun 1342 Wodehouse
  • Couon' 1413 ProcJP
  • Covon 1482 FF 1486 Ipm
  • Koven 1236 Fees
  • Coven 1199 Ass 1245–56 MRA 1262–72 StCart 1271,1286 For 1334 Pat 1535 VE

Etymology

This is from the dat. pl. cofum from cofa , here meaning 'a recess in the steep side of a hill'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement