Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COWTON (South)

COWTON (South), a chapelry in Gilling parish, N. R. Yorkshire; between the Great North of England and the Richmond railways, 2¼ miles SW of Cowton r. station, and 7¼ NW by W of Northallerton. It includes the ville of Pepperhall; and its post town is East-Cowton, under Northallerton. Acres, 2, 136. Real property, £2, 099. Pop., 167. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £53. Patron, the Vicar of Gilling. The church is good. Charities, £7.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: COWTON     |     COWTON SOUTH     |     SOUTH COWTON
Place: South Cowton

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