Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cottingham

Cottingham, town and par. with ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles NW. of Hull -- par., 10,813 ac., pop. 6312; town, pop. 3508; P.O., T.O.; contains C. Castle, on site of Baynard Castle, the residence of the Lords Wake from Edward I. to Edward III.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Cottingham CP/AP       Cottingham CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Cottingham

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