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.

CowlawCowslaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Westward

Historical Forms

  • Cowe Wathe Lawe 1578 Cocker

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Cowe Wathe Lawe 1578Cocker . v. , vað , hlāw , the second element having been lost .