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Name | Cowesby |
Alt names | Cowsby | source: spelling variant (error) | | Cowesby | source: Family History Library Catalog |
Type | Ancient parish, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 54.302°N 1.286°W |
Located in | North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | North Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) |
See also | Birdforth Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which it was located | | Thirsk Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district in which it was situated 1894-1974 | | Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England | administrative district covering the area since 1974 |
Cowesby (#8 on map) was originally an ancient parish in Birdforth Wapentake in the North Riding of Yorkshire. In 1866 the status of civil parish was introduced and this was taken on by most ancient parishes and also by their subsidiary townships if they were of any size at all.
In 1866 Cowesby, which had no townships, became a civil parish. In 1894 it became part of the Thirsk Rural District in the North Riding. Since 1974 it has been in North Yorkshire, specifically within the Hambleton District.
It is on the border of the North York Moors and near the A19 road, about 4 miles north of Thirsk (#43).
The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).
- "COWSBY, a parish in Thirsk district, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; 6 miles E of Otterington [railway] station, and 6½ NNE of Thirsk. Post town, Thirsk. Acres: 1,167. Real property: £991. Population: 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."
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Research Tips
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- This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the North Riding to be found online. The volumes are divided into sections by wapentake (early divisions of the county) and the parishes within each wapentake follow in alphabetical order. The links above open to the indexes covering all the wapentakes in the volume.
- GENUKI has a page on all three ridings of Yorkshire and pages for each of the ancient or ecclesiastical parishes in the county. Under each ancient parish there is a list of the settlements (townships and chapelries) within it and brief description of each. Many of these secondary settlements became civil parishes during the latter half of the 19th century.
- These notes are based on a gazetteer dated 1835 and there may have been a number of alterations to the parish setup since then. However, it is worthwhile information for the pre civil registration era. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and the submitter is very firm about his copyright, but this should not stop anyone from reading the material.
- The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851 which gives the registration district and wapentake for each parish, together with statistics from the 1851 census for the area.
- A Vision of Britain through Time, Yorkshire North Riding, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions which also include historical population and area statistics. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72.
- Map of the North Riding divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
- Map of North Riding divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
- Another provider of maps is the National Library of Scotland. In this index the Scottish provision precedes the English one, but the choice of maps for England is still quite vast.
- Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.
- In March 2018 Ancestry announced that its file entitled "Yorkshire, England: Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873" has been expanded to include another 94 parishes (across the three ridings) and expected it to be expanded further during the year. The entries are taken from previously printed parish registers.
- The chapter of the Victoria County History, published 1923, dealing with Cowesby parish.
Categories: North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Cowesby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Birdforth Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Thirsk Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England | North Yorkshire, England
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