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.

Cowdon (Hill)

Other OS name in the Parish of Charminster

Historical Forms

  • Cowdon m14 Ilch 1546 Lane
  • villa' de Cowdon 1606 1770 ib
  • Cowdon Bottom, Cowdon Hill 1837 TA
  • Cowden 1546 Surv 1615 DuCo
  • Cowden Farme 1664 HTax 1774 Hutch1 1839 TA(Frampton)
  • Cow-Down Fm 1863 Hutch3

Etymology

, Cowdon m14Ilch , 1546Lane , villa ' de Cowdon 1606(1770) ib , Cowdon Bottom , Cowdon Hill 1837TA , Cowden 1546Surv , 1615DuCo , Cowden Farme 1664 HTax, 1774 Hutch1, 1839TA (Frampton), Cow -Down Fm 1863 Hutch3 , v. , dūn .