Stephen Dougherty wrote:
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> Ramsgate has a street called 'The Plains of Waterloo', but obviously it is named after famous battle. Cowplain, a village/town on the outskirts of Portsmouth on the other hand suggests a more usual English usage.
I would be reluctant to adduce Cowplain as evidence of anything - it is popularly supposed to be named after the inn "The Spotted Cow" (still extant). Either way, it is very late.
John Briggs
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