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Cowley's Elm

Other OS name in the Parish of Westbury on Severn

Historical Forms

  • Culeye 1287 Ass
  • the Cowleys 1637 InqM
  • Cowlies Elm 1639 Will

Etymology

, Culeye 1287Ass , the Cowleys 1637 InqM, Cowlies Elm 1639 Will , v. , lēah ; the modern form is perhaps more directly from a local surname Cowley derived from the older p.n .