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.

Cow Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Colhowehill 1481 RipAct

Etymology

, Colhowehill 1481 RipAct , above Cole Dike supra , v. col 1 ' coal ' , haugr ' hill ' ; there are many old shafts on the hill .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site