In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Cowley like this:
Cowley, hamlet, 1 mile SW. of Dronfield, E. Derbyshire; has a sulphurous spring.
Cowley through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Cowley has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of North East Derbyshire. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Cowley and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cowley in North East Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22978
Date accessed: 25th May 2013
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