Cowley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Gnosall
Historical Forms
- Covelau 1086 DB
- Culeg' 1215 MRA
- Kuleg(a) 1199 Ass 1258 FF
- Couleg' 1225 Cur
- Coulega 1279 Ass
- Cou(e)legh(a) 1225 Bracton 1285,1326 Banco 1370 FF
- Couveley 1280 Banco
- Cowelegh 1327 Banco
- Coweley 1413 ib
- Coueley(e) 1283 1400 Pat
- Coveley(e) 1372 Ch 1373 IpmR 1417 Pat
- Cowlie Eliz ChancP
- Cowleye 1326 Comm 1538 Ct
- Couleye 1310to1400 Banco 1324to1386 FF 1332 SR 1366 Ass 1395 ChancM 1414 ProcJP 1598 Ct
- Coule(e) 1225 Cur 1227 P 1271 Ass 1279to1283 Banco 1283 FF
- Couele 1314 Ch
- Cowley 1535 VE 1539 Ct 1557to1607 FF 1563 Harl 1612 PCC 1833 O
Etymology
Probably 'Cufa 's woodland glade', v. lēah , as suggested by Ekwall (DEPN), cf. Cowley O 27–8. The later forms have been influenced by the appellative cow .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Great Chatwell & Little Chatwell
- Plardiwick
- Beffcote
- Moreton
- Wilbrighton
- Beverley Hall
- Chiltern Hall
- Moor Hall
- Sukars Hall
- Coton
- Walton Grange (formerly Walton)
- Brough Hall
- Coton End
- Knightley
Other OS name
- Ashbrook Close
- Bean Pits
- Blackpits
- Brookhouse Fm
- Coley Hall
- Doley Common
- Hampton's Covert
- Horse Shoes
- Knightley Lodge
- Moreton Brook & Moreton Brook Cottage
- Pollymoor Fm & Pollymoor Wood
- Swanpit Fm & Swanpit Lane
- The Bates
- Bellingham's Covert
- Birch Coppice
- Birch Cottage
- Birchtree Fm
- Blackbutts
- Black Lane
- Brook Cottage & Brook Ho
- Broadhill Common
- Bun Lane
- Chapel Bank
- Chapman's Wood
- Chatwell Lane
- Gt Chatwell Ho
- Cliffe Lane
- Cob Hall
- The Cock Inn
- Coley Mill
- Coton Bank Fm
- Coton End Fm
- Coton Mill
- Cotonwood
- Cowley Bridge, Cowley Double Rd & Cowley Fm
- Gibraltar Cottages
- Ashbrook Cottages
- Beffcote Fm, Beffcote Gorse & Beffcote Manor
- Black Wood
- Broad Hill
- Cowley Mill
- Doley Gate (Fm)
- Euxley
- Fanlizard Lane
- Foxhall Cottage
- Gibraltar
- Gnosall Heath
- Gorse Lane
- Gorse Covert
- Gorse Fm
- Green Fm & Green Lane
- Greenfields
- Guy's Bank
- Haybridge Cottage
- Heathway
- Hildon Fm
- Hill Plantation
- The Hollies
- Hollies Fm
- Hollies Lane
- Hollies Brook
- Hollies Common
- Knightley Heath
- Knightley Moss
- Knightley Park & Knightley Park Fm
- The Leys
- Lindon
- Lindore Fm & Lindore Wood
- Lodge Lane
- Lowfield Lane
- Lynn Mill(lost)
- Manor Fm
- Manorhouse Fm
- Meadow Bridge
- Moor End
- Polesworth
- Quarry Bank & Quarry Cottages
- Radmore Lane (sic)
- The Ridding Bank
- Riley Lane
- The Rising Sun ph
- Rough Pits
- The Royal Oak p.h
- Sandbank Plain
- Sandyhill Bridge
- Simpkin's Covert
- The Slang
- Slang Covert
- Spikehall Fm
- Staff Bridge
- Yewtree Cottages and Yewtree Fm
- Hatchwell's Covert
- Ivy Ho
- Knightley Mill
- Moreton Gorse
- Prospect Hill
- Thistleyfield Covert
- Addison's Covert
- Ash's Covert
- Ashwoodhead (Fm)
- Audmore
- Audmore Ho & Audmore Villa
- Ball's Rough
- Bank Covert
- Bank Fm
- Banktop (Ho)
- Barn Bridge
- Barn Bridge Fm
- Blacklane Bridge
- Bleak Hill
- Bleak Ho
- Boggy Rough
- Bramsted Fm
- Bramstead Heath
- Bramstead Quarry
- Coley, Coley Fm & Coley Wood
- David's Pits & David's Pit Covert
- Gnosall Brook
- Hob Hill
- Knightley Common
- Knightley Dale
- Knightley Eaves
- Knightley Gorse
- Knightley Grange
- Knightley Green
- Knightley Green Fm
- Knightley Hall
- Knightley Hay
- More End Fm
- Moreton Park
- Moss Lane
- New Covert
- Newhouse
- Nivada Ho
- Nut Wood
- Old Duke's Head Inn
- Oldhouse Fm
- Orslow Spinney
- Outwoods
- Outwoods Bank & Outwoods Bank Fm
- Plardiwick Bridge, Plardiwick Fm, Plardiwick Hall & Plardiwick Manor Fm
- Sukars Hall Manor Ho
- Three Nooks Covert
- Village Tavern
- Walnut Tree Fm
- Walton Cottages
- Walton Fields
- Walton Wood
- Weavers Hill
- The Weirlands
- Wilbrighton Hall
- Willeycroft
- Windmill Bank (Fm)
- Woodhouse Lane
- Yell Bank