A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
COWICK, a township-chapelry in Snaith parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Dutch river and the Goole canal, adjacent to the Goole railway, 1½ mile SE of Snaith. It includes the hamlet of East Cowick, which has a post office under Selby; also the hamlets of West Cowick, Greenland, and Newbridge. Acres, 5, 725. Pop., 849. Houses, 199. Cowick Hall is the seat of Viscount Downe. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £160.* Patron, Viscount Downe. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £21.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Snaith AP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Cowick |
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