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So whats in a name?

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:21 pm
by MARKH
I was told that the Morris badge was derived through the cow on top of the wavy lines being cow and lea, which means meadow, so Cowley. Is this right or wrong? -Mark

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:23 pm
by bigginger
An Ox and a ford, I think :D
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:49 pm
by MARKH
So was my first post a load of bull then?

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:59 pm
by bigginger
Certainly one I've never heard before - and doesn't explain why Oxford so often uses a similarly themed logo
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:36 pm
by Sidney'61
Well I always thought it was and Ox and ford aswell

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:39 pm
by bigginger
I'm pretty certain it is. If it was a lea, I think they'd have chosen green for the wavy lines :D
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