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Cooper's Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Cowper Green 1755 PR
  • Cooper Green 1781 ib
  • Cooper, Cowper 1566 PR 1672 NWm

Etymology

, Cowper Green 1755PR, Cooper Green 1781 ib, named from the local family of Cooper ,Cowper (1566et freq PR 14, etc., 1672 NWm 372–3) , v. grēne 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement