Cowpen

Cowpen
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 and Ashington;
	List of places UK England Northumberland 55.127°N 1.539°W

Cowpen /ˈkuːpən/ 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.^[1]

Population4,466

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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".^[2]

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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 and Ashington
List of places UK England Northumberland 55.127°N 1.539°W / 55.127; -1.539