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Cowdock Family History

Cowdock Surname Meaning

unexplained. Cawdock in Chester and Cowdock and Cowduck in Ormskirk and Melling by Maghull (Lancs) occur alongside Caddick there

but it would be difficult to account for the change in the main vowel if these were variants of Caddick.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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