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.

Cowfold

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cowfold

Historical Forms

  • Cufaude 1255 FF
  • Coufaude 1286 Pat
  • Coufold 1336 Ipm
  • Cofold 1327 SR 1691 MarC
  • Covelde 1532 SAC5,260
  • Cowfolde 1589 MarC
  • Cowfold al. Covehold 1599 SRS19,125
  • Couewald 1610 Speed

Etymology

Self-explanatory, v. falod .