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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sowerby under Cotcliffe like this:
SOWERBY-UNDER-COTCLIFFE, a township in Kirby-Sigston parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles E by S of Northallerton. Acres, 799. Real property, £787. Pop., 50. Houses, 9.
Sowerby under Cotcliffe 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 Sowerby under Cotcliffe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sowerby under Cotcliffe, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14253
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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