Cowpen

Cowpen
Cowpen
 Cowpen shown within Northumberland
Population 4,466 
OS grid referenceNZ295815
Unitary authorityNorthumberland
Ceremonial countyNorthumberland
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BLYTH
Postcode district NE24
Dialling code 01670
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK ParliamentBlyth Valley
List of places
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England
Northumberland

Coordinates: 55°07′37″N 1°32′20″W / 55.127°N 1.539°W / 55.127; -1.539 

Cowpen /ˈkpən/ 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

  1. "Blyth Ward population 2011". Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. 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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