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Cornage Grove

Other OS name in the Parish of Mitcheldean

Historical Forms

  • Cawnedge 1627 Inq
  • Cownage 1839 TA

Etymology

, 1830M , Cawnedge 1627 Inq, Cownage 1839TA , v. ecg ' escarpment ' ; Cawn - is doubtful , it could be a development of calu ( obl . calwan ) ' bare ' ( cf. Phonol. § 5 ) , which seems to occur also in Colla Meadow ( prec . ) ; it is now in Lea (He) .