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.

Cowber Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Musgrave

Historical Forms

  • Cowber 1689 Ct
  • Under- 1660 CtB
  • Lingy- 1847 TA

Etymology

, Cowber 1689Ct , (Under -) 1660CtB , (Lingy -) 1847TA , ' cow hill ' , v. , beorg , and for the affix v. lyng ' heather ' .