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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cowesby like this:
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.
Cowesby is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cowesby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cowesby, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12232
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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