Cowpen
Coordinates: 55°07′37″N 1°32′20″W / 55.127°N 1.539°W
Cowpen /ˈkuːpən/ is a place in Northumberland, in England. It is a part of Blyth and just east of the A189 road. The Ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,466.[1]
In the 12th century CE, its name was Cupum, possibly the dative plural of Old Norse kupa, "a cuplike depression or valley".[2]
References
- ↑ "Blyth Ward population 2011". Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ Allen Mawer, "The Scandinavian Kingdom of Northumbria", page 309, Essays and studies presented to William Ridgeway: on his sixtieth birthday, 6 August 1913, Cambridge University Press, 1913.
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