| Name | Coates |
| Alt names | Coates | source: from redirect |
| Type | Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 53.9226°N 2.1735°W |
| Located in | West Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) | | Lancashire, England (1974 - ) |
| See also | Barnoldswick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Staincliffe and Ewcross Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which it was located | | Skipton Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1923 | | Barnoldswick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | town into which it was absorbed in 1923 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time, provides the following description of Coates from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72):
- "COATES, a township in Barnoldswick parish, [West Riding of] Yorkshire; 7½ miles SW of Skipton. Acres: 700. Population: 122. Houses: 20."
Coates was absorbed into Barnoldswick in 1923. Originally it had been a hamlet in the ancient parish of Barnoldswick in the Staincliffe and Ewcross Wapentake. From 1894 until 1923 it was a civil parish in Skipton Rural District. In 1974 Barnoldswick was transferred to the Pendle District of Lancashire.
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