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.

Cowcroft Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Ogbourne St George

Historical Forms

  • Cowcrofte 1561 DuLa
  • Cow Crate Farm 1816 Kings

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Cowcrofte 1561DuLa , Cow Crate Farm 1816Kings , v. croft infra 427–8 . Fox Lynch ( 6 ″ ) is so named c. 1840 (TA ) . v. hlinc infra 436 .