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.^[1] In 1911 the parish had a population of 21,295.^[2]

Cowpen
The Church of St Cuthbert
Cowpen Location within Northumberland
Population	4,466
OS grid reference	NZ295815
Civil parish	Blyth
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 55.127°N 1.539°W / 55.127; -1.539

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]