Cowpen

Cowpen /ˈkpən/ is an area of Blyth and former civil parish, now in the parish of Blyth in the county of Northumberland, England. It is just east of the A189 road. The Ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,466.[1] In 1911 the parish had a population of 21,295.[2]

Cowpen
The Church of St Cuthbert
Cowpen is located in Northumberland
Cowpen
Cowpen
Location within Northumberland
Population4,466 
OS grid referenceNZ295815
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBLYTH
Postcode districtNE24
Dialling code01670
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

 

In the 12th century CE, its name was Cupum, possibly the dative plural of Old Norse kupa, "a cuplike depression or valley".[3]

Governance

Cowpen was formerly a township in Horton parish,[4] from 1866 Cowpen was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1920 to form Blyth.[5]

References

  1. "Blyth Ward population 2011". Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. "Population statistics Cowpen Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. "History of Cowpen, in Blyth Valley and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. "Relationships and changes Cowpen Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 January 2022.



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