Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COWDEN (Great and Little)

COWDEN (Great and Little), a township in Mappleton and Aldbrough parishes, E. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, 4 miles SSE of Hornsea. Acres, 1, 750. Real property, £2, 118. Pop., 154. Houses, 34. It was at one time a parish; but the church was washed away by the sea.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Great Cowden

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