Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COWSBY

COWSBY, a parish in Thirsk district, N. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles E of Otterington r. station, and 6½ NNE of Thirsk. Post town, Thirsk. Acres, 1, 167. Real property, £991. Pop., 105. Houses, 22. Cowsby Hall is the seat of Mrs. E. H. Lloyd. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £146. Patron, Mrs. E. H. Lloyd. An alms-house has £10 a year.


(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: Cowesby CP/AP       Thirsk RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Cowesby

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