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.

Cobley

Other OS name in the Parish of Lapford

Historical Forms

  • Cob(b)eleghe 1291 Tax 1333 SR

Etymology

is Cob (b )eleghe 1291 Tax, 1333SR (p) . ' Cobba 's clearing , ' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement