Cowpen

Cowpen
Cowpen
	The Church of St Cuthbert
	Cowpen Location within Northumberland
Population	4,466
OS grid reference	NZ295815
Unitary authority	Northumberland;
Ceremonial county	Northumberland;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BLYTH
Postcode district	NE24
Dialling code	01670
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Blyth Valley;
	List of places UK England Northumberland 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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