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.

Cooper Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Cowperhouse 1599 NCWills 1823 M

Etymology

, Cowperhouse 1599 NCWills, 1823 M , named from the local family of Cowper , well evidenced in Kendal chapelry in the 16th century ( PR ( K ) passim ) ; the same surname occurs in Cooper Hill , Cooper Ho , Cooper 's Green ( ii , 15 , 52 , 174 infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name