Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROWLEY

ROWLEY, a parish, with six hamlets, in Beverley district, E. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles E N E of South Cave, and 5¼ N E by N of Brough r. station. Post-town, Cottingham, under Hull. Acres, 6, 450. Real property, £8, 509. Pop., 476. Houses, 92. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £1, 300.* Patron, T. B. T. Hildyard, Esq. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with six hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rowley AP/CP       Beverley RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Rowley

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