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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.

Cowbound

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Etymology

, 1845TA , doubtless a compound of cow and bound in the sense ' enclosure ' , cf. dial . bound ' to enclose,fence in ' , also used of ' a fenced-in enclosure for cattle ' ; it occurs as a f.n. ( ii , 53 infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement