Place:Sowerby under Cotcliffe, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameSowerby under Cotcliffe
Alt namesSowerby-under-Cotcliffesource: spelling variation
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.336°N 1.85°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoKirby Sigston, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish of which it was part
Allerton Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Northallerton 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
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Sowerby under Cotcliffe has been since 1974 a civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England.

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A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Sowerby under Cotcliffe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"SOWERBY-UNDER-COTCLIFFE, a township in Kirby-Sigston parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; 2½ miles E by S of Northallerton. Acres: 799. Real property: £787. Popuation: 50. Houses: 9."

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Sowerby-under-Cotcliffe was located in Northallerton Rural District. Historically, it was located in the ecclesiastical parish of Kirby Sigston in the Allerton Wapentake. It was in the Northallerton Registration District.

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