Cowesby

Other current and historical names

Cowsby

Parish/Community: Cowesby
District/Borough: Hambleton
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 54°18'8"N 1°17'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 446580, 489862
OS Grid: SE465898
Mapcode Local: GBR MLGP.FH
Mapcode Global: WHD8B.7403

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

Cowesby in historic gazetteers

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

Cowesby, vil., 6 miles SE. of Northallerton, North-Riding Yorkshire; in vicinity is Cowesby Hall.

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

Cowsby, par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 6½ miles NE. of Thirsk, 1165 acv pop. 97.

Cowesby in the Domesday Book

A village in Allerton hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gamal son of Karli
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerard of Boltby (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers
- Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs (1 plough land)
- Woodland: 4 furlongs

British Place Names

Cowesby, North Yorkshire

Cowesby is a hamlet in North Yorkshire

Cowesby in historic gazetteers

Cowesby in the Domesday Book