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COWTON (East), a parish in Northallerton district, N. R. Yorkshire; on the Great North of England railway, ¾ of a mile S of Cowton r. station, and 6 ½ miles NNW of Northallerton. It has a post office under Northallerton. Acres, 3, 310. Real property, £4, 923; of which £1, 312 are in railways. Pop., 472. Houses, 98. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £202.* Patron, Kirby-Ravensworth Hospital. The church is good; and an endowed school has £27.
(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: | East Cowton Parish Northallerton Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | COWTON | COWTON EAST | EAST COWTON |
| Place: | East Cowton |
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