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 Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Long Preston

Historical Forms

  • Colewathmyre 1305 YI

Etymology

, 1771 M , possibly originally Colewathmyre 1305 YI , probably ' Kolli's ford ' , from the ON  pers.n.Kolli , vað ( here across the R . Ribble ) ; Cowber in Wigglesworth 162infra is close by .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site