A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
COWTHORP, a parish in Knaresborough district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Nidd, 3 miles NNE of Wetherby r. station. Post town, Wetherby, under Tadcaster. Acres, 1, 323. Real property, £1, 450. Pop., 141. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. An oak, on the estate of Lord Petre here, has a girth of 60 feet; and, previous to the destruction of its largest branch by a storm in 1718, spread over half an acre. A stag's head, measuring 6 feet from tip to tip of the horns, was found in 1749. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £130. Patron, A. F. W. Montagu, Esq. The church is later English; has a double canopied brass of Judge Roucliffe, 1494; and is very good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cowthorpe CP/AP Knaresborough RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Cowthorpe |
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