English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Cowling

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • Collinghe 1086 DB
  • Collinge 1202 FF 1279 Ch 1285 YI 1605 PRKld
  • Collinge in Craven 1617 FF
  • Colling, Collyng 1254 YI 1276 RH 1279–81 QW 1285 KI 1433 YDx
  • Collyng in Craven 1413 YI
  • Collyng in Ayredale 1430 Stansf
  • Collyngg(e) 1305 YI 1363 FF
  • Cullyng 1315 Ipm
  • Coolling, Cowlyn 1585 WillY
  • Cowling(e), Cowlyng(e) 1562 FF 1573 WillY 1664 PRKld

Etymology

'Hill-top place' from an OE  coll with the OE p.n. forming suffix -ing2 . The hill is Cowling Hill infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name