Great Cowden in the Domesday Book (1086)
Great Cowden is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]
- Arnestorp
- Arram
- Barmston
- Beeford
- Bewholme
- Brandesburton
- Catfoss [Hall]
- Catwick
- Chenecol
- Chenucol
- Chenuthesholm
- Cleeton
- Dringhoe
- Dunnington
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Great Cowden is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Great Cowden.
Great Cowden Today
Today Great Cowden lies within the administrative area of Mappleton.
Read more about modern Great Cowden on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Mappleton - 1.0 km N
- Little Cowden - 2.0 km E
- Rolston - 3.2 km N
- Bewick Hall - 3.2 km S
- Withernwick - 3.6 km SW
- Arnestorp - 4.0 km W
Heritage Around [Great] Cowden
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Andy Beecroft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© stewart would · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Location
53.8640°N, -0.1370°W · Holderness [North Hundred] hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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