Cooling

Other current and historical names

Cowling
Colinge

Parish/Community: Cooling
Unitary Authority: Medway
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°27'16"N 0°31'25"E
Eastings/Northings: 575447, 175871
OS Grid: TQ754758
Mapcode Local: GBR PNX.M8M
Mapcode Global: VHJLG.1P8S

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Cooling within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Cooling in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Cooling.-- or Cowling, par., mid. Kent, on river Thames, 6½ miles E. of Gravesend, 1556 ac., pop. 232; contains remains of an ancient castle of the Cobhams.

Cooling in the Domesday Book

A village in Shamwell hundred, in the county of Kent.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Leofwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Adam son of Hubert (subinfeudated); Richard of Tonbridge (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £4 6/12 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Woodland: 10 swine render
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: God
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Cooling, Medway

Cooling is a village in Medway

Cooling in historic gazetteers

Cooling in the Domesday Book