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.

Cownall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Counale 1337 HAS
  • Counall, Cownall 1379 PT 1580 1658 WillS
  • Cownel(l) 1540 Lister 1721 HAS

Etymology

Cownall (lost), Counale 1337 HAS 25, 41(p), Counall , Cownall 1379 PT (p), 1580 WillY, PRHfx, 1658 WillS, Cownel (l )1540Lister , 1721 HAS 25, 53. 'The cows' nook of land', from OE  cūna , gen.pl. of cū, halh . The site of this place was probably near Pyenest (cf. HAS 25, 49 ff).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement