In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coverham like this:
COVERHAM, a township and a parish in Leyburn district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township bears the name of Coverham-cum-Agglethorpe; lies on the river Cover, 2 miles SW of Middleham, and 4 SSW of Leyburn r. station; and includes the hamlets or villages of Cotiscue, Tupgill, Ashgill, Brecongill, and Bird-Ridding. ...
Acres, 1, 090. Real property, £2, 114. Pop., 220. Houses, 27. The parish contains also the townships of Caldbridge, West Scrafton, Carlton, Carlton-Highdale, and Melmerby; and its Post towns are Middleham and Carlton, both under Bedale. Acres, 21, 726. Real property, £9, 270. Pop., 1, 191. Houses, 240. The property is much subdivided. Much of the surface is hill and moor. A small Premonstratensian priory was founded here, in 1215, by Ralph Fitz-Robert; and some small but interesting remains of it exist, adjoined to a handsome modern residence. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Horsehouse, in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £220.* Patron, T. Topham, Esq. The church has a tower, and is good; and there are charities £91.
Coverham through time
Coverham is now part of Richmondshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Richmondshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coverham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coverham, in Richmondshire and Yorkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20235
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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