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.

Cowley

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashton

Historical Forms

  • Couelegh 1333 SR

Etymology

is Couelegh 1333SR (p) . ' Cufa 'sleah , ' cf. Cowley supra 455 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement