Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COWLAM

COWLAM, a parish in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles E by N of Sledmere, and 6½ NNW of Driffield r. station. Post town, Sledmere, under York. Acres, 2, 036. Real property, £1, 730. Pop., 69. Houses, 5. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, the Rev. T. F. F. Bowes. The church was built in 1852, and has an ancient font.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cowlam CP/AP       Driffield RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Cowlam

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