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Cowburn Beck

Other OS name in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • Cooperam Beck 1724 PRKld
  • Cowperham Beck 1752 ib
  • Cowper Holme 1846 TA

Etymology

, 1788 PRIlk , Cooperam Beck 1724 PRKld, Cowperham Beck 1752 ib, Cowper Holme 1846TA , ME  coupare ' a cooper ' , holmr , bekkr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name