In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Cowton like this:
COWTON (East), a parish in Northallerton district, N. R. Yorkshire; on the Great North of England railway, ¾ of a mile S of Cowton r. station, and 6 ½ miles NNW of Northallerton. It has a post office under Northallerton. Acres, 3, 310. Real property, £4, 923; of which £1, 312 are in railways. Pop., 472. Houses, 98. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £202.* Patron, Kirby-Ravensworth Hospital. The church is good; and an endowed school has £27.
East Cowton through time
East Cowton is now part of Hambleton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hambleton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about East Cowton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Cowton, in Hambleton and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12234
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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