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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.

Cowlyers (sic)

Other OS name in the Parish of Holme Low

Historical Forms

  • Cowbyers 1538 AOMB
  • Wolstie Cowbire 1649 ParlSurv

Etymology

is Cowbyers 1538AOMB , Wolstie Cowbire 1649ParlSurv . Cf. Abbey Cowper supra 290 .