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Cow Pasture

Other OS name in the Parish of Owmby by Spital

Historical Forms

  • ye Cow paster 1695 Terrier
  • Cowpasture 1774 EnclA

Etymology

, y e Cow paster 1695Terrier ,Cowpasture 1774EnclA , cf. Cowpaster furlonge l16Terrier , the Cow pasture furlong 1662, 1671Terrier , the Cowe pasture furlong 1668Terrier , y e Cowpaster forlong 1679Terrier , y e Cowpaster furlong 1690Terrier , the Cow pasture furlong 1709LCS , the Cowpasture Drain 1774EnclA , self - explanatory .