Cowpen
Cowpen /ˈkuːpən/ 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. In 1911 the parish had a population of 21,295.
| Cowpen | |
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The Church of St Cuthbert | |
Cowpen Location within Northumberland | |
| Population | 4,466 |
| OS grid reference | NZ295815 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLYTH |
| Postcode district | NE24 |
| Dialling code | 01670 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
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In the 12th century CE, its name was Cupum, possibly the dative plural of Old Norse kupa, "a cuplike depression or valley".
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