Place:Great and Little Cowdens, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameGreat and Little Cowdens
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.866°N 0.131°W
Located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1935)
Also located inYorkshire, England     ( - 1935)
See alsoMappleton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Aldbrough (near Hull), East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Holderness Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which the parish was located
Skirlaugh Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Mappleton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish to which it was transferred in 1935
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Name of parish Great and Little Cowdens Image:ERYHoldernessWapentake60.png
Type of place township, civil parish
Ancient parishesAldbrough (near Hull) and Mappleton
WapentakeHolderness
First Rural District Skirlaugh Rural District (1894-1935)
Parish to which it transferred Mappleton
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Great Cowden is now a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) south of Hornsea and lies just east of the B1242 road on the North Sea coast. Since 1935 Great Cowden has formed part of the civil parish of Mappleton.

In 1823 Cowden or Coldon (short local forms for "Great and Little Cowden") was a township split between the parishes of Mappleton and Aldbrough. The parish incumbent's living was under the patronage of the King, although at the time the parish church had been swallowed by the sea. Population was 146, with occupations including eleven farmers.

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Great and Little Cowden was originally a township in the ecclesiastical parishes of Aldbrough and Mappleton in the Holderness Wapentake. It was made a civil parish in 1866 and in 1894 it joined the Skirlaugh Rural District. In 1935 it ceased to be an independent civil parish and rejoined the parish of Mappleton.

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Holderness

This is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common with the Netherlands than other parts of Yorkshire. To the north and west are the Yorkshire Wolds. The Prime Meridian passes through Holderness just to the east of Patrington.

From 1974 to 1996 Holderness lay within the Borough of Holderness in the short-lived county of Humberside. Holderness was the name of an ancient administrative area called a wapentake until the 19th century, when its functions were replaced by other local government bodies, particularly after the 1888 Local Government Act and the 1894 Local Government Act. The city of Kingston upon Hull lies in the southwest corner of Holderness and the town of Bridlington borders the northeast, but both are usually considered to be outside Holderness. The main towns include Beverley, Withernsea, Hornsea and Hedon. The Holderness Coast stretches from Flamborough Head to Spurn Head.
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