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Cowpen

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Also known as Cowpen, Northumberland

Cowpen is an area of Blyth, in the civil 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.

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Place details

Locality
Blyth
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
4,466
Timezone
Europe/London

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Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Northumberland
Population
4466
Image
Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland, the Roman Catholic Church of St Cuthbert. - geograph.org.uk - 223552.jpg
Dialing code
01670
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Cowpen
OS grid reference
NZ295815
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Cowpen is an area of Blyth, in the civil 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 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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