Cowpen

Cowpen
Cowpen  Cowpen shown 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
EU Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Blyth Valley
List of places UK England Northumberland

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

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.