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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cowherd Shute Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • Cowards Shoot 1811 OS

Etymology

, Cowards Shoot 1811 OS , cf . 'the close of John Couhirde '1313 Cl , Roger le Couhurde 1327SR , John Cowarde 1609LRMB ; Shute may represent scēot 3 or scyte both of which mean ' steep slope ' , topographically appropriate for this place .