In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cowley like this:
COWLEY, a quarter in Gnosall parish, Stafford; on the Birmingham and Liverpool canal, 4½ miles ENE of Newport-Salop. Pop., 498.
Cowley through time
Cowley is now part of Stafford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stafford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cowley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cowley, in Stafford and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23119
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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