Cowthorpe

Other current and historical names

Cowthorp
Coletorp

Parish/Community: Tockwith
District/Borough: Harrogate
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°57'58"N 1°21'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 442694, 452431
OS Grid: SE426524
Mapcode Local: GBR MQ0K.CZ
Mapcode Global: WHD9V.7K1S

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

Cowthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Cowthorp, par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on r. Nidd, 3 m. NE. of Wetherby ry. sta., 1370 ac., pop. 124.

Cowthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Barth father of Gamal
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5/2½ in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 1 league
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Barth father of Gamal
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5/2½ in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Cowthorpe, North Yorkshire

Cowthorpe is a village in North Yorkshire

Cowthorpe in historic gazetteers

Cowthorpe in the Domesday Book