I agree that the word 'Row' in a place name usually refers to a row of houses–indeed in the US, terraced houses are called row houses. But, although I posted the map showing the position of Cobden's Row, I'm not particularly convinced that this is relevant in this case. Here is a quote from Helen E. Roberts (2003)
Researching Yorkshire Quaker History: A Guide to Sources. University of Hull, available online at archive.org
HUDDERSFIELD PREPARATIVE MEETING (c. 1770 to date)
Historical note:
There were very few Quakers in Huddersfield before the Industrial Revolution. Edmund Horsfall, Edward Key and John Brook suffered distraint of goods in 1683 for being absent from the national worship; of these, the Brook family of Row in Lockwood continued to be Quaker into the 18th century. [...continues, describing the establishment of the Paddock Meeting].
The stated source for this is D Bower and J Knigh
t, Plain country Friends: the Quakers of Wooldale, High Flatts and Midhope (Woodvale PM, 1987) , referred to by the OP, to which I do not have access.
I think the wording here, and the date being referred to, indicate that there was a place–perhaps just a house–called Row. In a separate piece of research just yesterday I discovered a homestead in northern Cumberland labelled as "Row" on the 1845 tithe map. Here is a view of it on the 1957 OS map, labelled as Row, but there is no obvious 'row'.
http://tinyurl.com/n5uhebk5(On modern large scale OS maps it is "The Row Farm", but is still simply "Row" on a smaller scale OS map.)
added: I have just seen that Row also appears thus on Thomas Donald's map of Cumberland, 1774.
