Place:East Cowton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameEast Cowton
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates54.425°N 1.526°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoNorthallerton Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which the civil parish was a part 1894-1974
Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been situated since 1974
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East Cowton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District in North Yorkshire, England. It is 7 miles (11 km) north west of the county town of Northallerton. The population of East Cowton dropped from 561 in the 2001 UK census to 533 in the 2011 UK census.

The manor was granted by the Crown to the lords of Richmond, notably to Conan, the seneschal of the lord of Richmond. From 1324 to 1548, the manor was held by the Clervaux family of Croft. Thereafter it was conveyed to the Dakyns family until 1622 when it was conveyed to Sir Henry Anderson. In 1662 the manor was sold to Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin who conveyed it five years later to John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse, whose daughter married Sir John Webb of Great Canford in Dorset and Odstock in Wiltshire whose heirs held it into the twentieth century.

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Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, East Cowton was located in Northallerton Rural District. Historically, it was an ecclesiastical parish in the Gilling East Wapentake. It was in the Northallerton Registration District.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article East Cowton.

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