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.

Cowdea Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Marshwood

Historical Forms

  • Cowdylandes 1546 Ct
  • Cowdy Land Eliz ChancP
  • Cowdey 1547 Ct 1811 OS

Etymology

, 1843TA , Cowdylandes 1546Ct , Cowdy Land Eliz ChancP,Cowdey 1547Ct , 1811 OS , cf. (Lt ) Cowdea , Cowdea Md 1843TA , origin uncertain , but cf. the surname Cody in Reaney - Wilson 104 .