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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cowick like this:
COWICK, a township-chapelry in Snaith parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Dutch river and the Goole canal, adjacent to the Goole railway, 1½ mile SE of Snaith. It includes the hamlet of East Cowick, which has a post office under Selby; also the hamlets of West Cowick, Greenland, and Newbridge. Acres, 5, 725. Pop., 849. Houses, 199. Cowick Hall is the seat of Viscount Downe. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £160.* Patron, Viscount Downe. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £21.
Cowick is now part of EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cowick itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cowick, in East Riding of Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25428
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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